THE  RELIEF  COMMITTEE: 

HENRY  C.  UENER*  Chairman. 

S.  F.  DANA.  Treasurer.  SIDNEY  D.  MAXWELL,  Secretary. 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 


H.  C.  TTrner, 

J.  L.  Stettinius, 
Thos.  J.  Stephens, 


S.  F.  Dana, 

Thos.  G.  Smith, 
Samuel  R.  Smith, 
John  E.  Bell. 


Sidney  D.  Maxwell, 
L.  M.  Dayton, 

G.  Lowenstein, 


OF  THE  CHAMBER  OF  COMMERCE 


IT.  C.  Urner, 

R.  II.  Cost, 

Leopold  S.  Feehheimer, 
J.  D.  Ellison, 

Michael  Ryan, 

Si  Iney  D.  Maxwell, 
Howard  Douglass, 

W.  P.  Walker,  Jr. 

Wm.  V.  Ebersole. 


J.  L.  Keck, 

M.  E.  Ingalls, 

James  Lowman, 
Thos.  G.  Smith, 
James  M.  Glenn, 
Thomas  J.  Stephens, 
E.  H.  Huntington,  • 
Wm.  H.  Davis, 

Burt  D.  Bishop, 
James  II.  Foote, 


S.  F.  Dana, 

B.  Eggleston, 

J.  L.  Stettinius, 

L.  M.  Dayton, 

A.  Hiekenlooper, 

C.  W.  Rowland, 
Frank  Alter, 

John  E.  Bell. 

E.  O Eshelbv, 


OH1  THE  COMMON  COUNCIL. 

Thomas  J.  Stephens,  Mayor, 


L.  L.  Sadler, 

J.  C.  Bruckman. 
Samuel  R.  Smith. 
Casimer  Baumann. 


G.  Lowenstein, 

B.  Eggleston, 
Julius  Reis, 
James  B.  Wilson, 
Wm.  M.  McGarv, 


Richard  C.  Rohner, 

W.  A.  Watkins, 
Washington  T.  Porter. 
Michael  Ryan. 

John  Wevand. 


3682527 


EEPOET 


OF 

Ihe  Relief  Committee. 


Cincinnati,  June  25,  1884. 

W.  W.  PEABODY,  Esq., 

President  Cincinnati  Chamber  of  Commerce : 

Deah  Sir —On  the  sixth  day  of  February,  1884,  the 
Ohio  River,  at  Cincinnati,  at  noon,  reached  a height  of 
fifty-nine  feet.  This  circumstance,  added  to  the  rapid 
rise  of  the  waters  at  all  points  above,  and  the  enormous 
rain-fall  that  had  prevailed  for  a long  time,  and  still  con- 
tinued, in  the  territory  drained  by  the  river,  made  it 
certain  that  our  city  was  about  to  be  subjected  to  a 
flood  as  great  as  any  that  it  had  experienced  in  the 
past,  and  rendered  it  probable  that  all  previous  expe- 
riences of  floods  in  the  Ohio  would  be  exceeded. 

In  view  of  this  alarming  prospect,  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  was  called  to  order  by  Mr.  C.  B.  Murray, 


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THE  RELIEF  COMMITTEE, 


Secretary,  in  the  absence  of  the  President,  when  the 
following*  call  was  read  : 

“Cincinnati,  February  6 th,  1884. 

“W.  W.  Peabody,  Esq.,  President: 

“ The  alarming  increase  of  the  flood  renders  it  certain  that 
great  suffering  will  ensue,  unless  public  provision  be  made  to  aid 
in  taking  care  of  the  sick  and  homeless,  compelled  to  move  from 
their  houses  on  the  river  side;  we  therefore  ask  you  to  call  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  to  order  to  day,  that  action  may  be  taken 
looking  to  the  necessary  relief  of  those  in  distress. 

“Signed:  Bcnj.  Eggleston,  C.  W.  Rowland,  IT.  Wil«on  Brown, 
J.  Kiersted,  Francis  Ferry,  John  E.  Bell,  J.  M.  Doherty, 
Thomas  G.  Smith,  Edwin  Stevens,  L.  Mendenhall,  J.  C.  Thomas, 
A.  1 1 1CKENLOOPER,  A.  C.  1 1 ORTON,  GEO.  *W.  NeARE,  H.  C.  UrNER, 
Samuel  Lowry,  S.  F.  Covington,  Chas.  W.  Bell,  E.  S.  Johnson, 
Thos.  J.  Stephens,  F.  X.  Reno,  Enoch  Taylor,  S.  S.  Davis 
Milo  G.  Dodds,  Sidney  D.  Maxwell.” 


Upon  motion  of  Hon.  Benj.  Eggleston,  the  Chair- 
man was  requested  to  appoint  a Belief  Committee,  to 
consist  of  fifteen  members,  to  receive  contributions  and 
to  furnish  relief  to  sufferers  by  the  flood;  the  Com- 
mittee to  have  authority  to  add  to  its  numbers  and  to 
fill  vacancies. 

In  pursuance  of  the  above  action,  the  Chairman  ap- 
pointed the  following  persons  to  serve  as  the 


RELIEF  COMMITTEE  OF  THE  CHAMBER  OF  COMMERCE. 


II.  C.  Urner, 
J.  L.  Keck, 

S.  F.  Dana, 

U.  II.  Cost, 


M.  E.  Ingalls, 


Benj.  Eggleston,  Thomas  G.  Smith, 

Leopold  S.  Fechheimer,  L.  M.  Dayton, 
James  Lowman,  Michael  Ryan, 

John  L.  Stettinius,  James  M.  Glenn, 

J.  D.  Ellison,  A.  Hickenlooper. 


Subsequently  the  following  persons  were  added  to  the 
Committee  : 


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Sidney  D.  Maxwell, 
Thos.  J.  Stephens, 
W.  P.  Walker,  .Jr., 
John  E.  Bell, 


C W.  Rowland, 
Howard  Douglass, 
Wm.  Y.  Ebersole, 
Wm.  n.  Davis, 

E.  0.  Eshelby. 


E.  IT.  Huntington, 
Frank  Alter, 
James  II.  Foote, 
Burt  D.  Bishop, 


Subscriptions  to  the  Relief  Fund  were  at  once  begun, 
and  before  the  close  of  the  session  of  the  Chamber  a 
large  amount  was  subscribed. 

After  the  appointment  of  the  Committee,  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commence,  by  unanimous  vote,  appropriated 
.$5,000,  as  a contribution  to  the  Relief  Fund. 

Immediately  after  appointment,  the  gentlemen  com- 
posing the  Relief  Committee  met,  and  organized  by 
electing  Henry  C.  ITrner,  Chairman:  S.  F.  Dana, 
Treasurer,  and  Sidney  D.  Maxwell,  Secretary.  Subse- 
quently an  Executive  Committee  was  appointed,  con- 
sisting of 

II.  C.  Urner,  Sidney  J).  Maxwell,  Thos.  G.  Smith, 

S.  F.  Dana,  John  L.  Stettinius,  L M.  Dayton. 

The  Executive  Commitee  was  given  authority  to  pro- 
cure head-quarters,  and  to  make  such  expenditures  as 
it  might  deem  necessary  to  relieve  suffering;  and  it  was 
ordered  that  no  expenditure*  should  be  made  except 
upon  the  order  of  the  Executive  Committee. 

Howard  Douglass,  President  of  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, was  present,  and  announced  that  he  would  assume 
the  responsibility  of  ordering  the  vacation  of  such 
school-houses  as  might  be  needed  to  provide  shelter  for 
persons  driven  from  their  homes  by  the  flood.  The 
Committee  availed  itself  of  the  proposition  of  Mr. 
Douglass,  and  gave  him  authority  to  at  once  open  cer- 
tain school-houses  for  sheltering  the  homeless. 


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The  free  use  of  the  large  building  on  the  south-west 
corner  of  Fourth  and  Race  streets  was  tendered  to  the 
Committee  by  Messrs.  Shot-well,  Clerihew  & Lothmann, 
through  their  agent,  Mr.  Robt.  J.  Cresap.  This  offer 
was  thankfully  accepted,  and  there  the  Committee  es- 
tablished its  head-quarters  on  the  afternoon  of  Feb- 
ruary 6th.  The  head-quarters  of  relief  thus  established 
remained  open  until  February  22nd,  at  noon,  when 
they  were  closed  by  order  of  the  Committee.  During 
that  time  the  rooms  were  constantly  occupied,  and  were 
at  all  hours  open  for  any  proper  demand  that  might 
be  made  for  relief;  and  a very  large  quantity  of  sup- 
plies of  all  kinds  was  distributed  therefrom.  In  the 
labor  of  distribution  from  the  head-quarters  the  Com- 
mittee had  valuable  aid  from  many  persons  who  de- 
voted themselves  to  the  good  work.  For  proper  ac- 
knowledgment of  such  assistance,  reference  is  made  to 
the  reports  of  the  various  sub-committees.  After  the 
close  of  the  head-quarters  the  distribution  of  money 
and  supplies  was  continued  through  the  charitable  or- 
ganizations and  other  accredited  agencies,  by  a sub- 
committee appointed  for  that  purpose,  consisting  of 
H.  C.  Urxer,  S.  Ik  Dana,  Sidney  D.  Maxwell,  J.  L. 
Stettinius,  and  Samuel  R.  Smith,  until  the  work  of 
relief  was  fully  accomplished. 

A meeting  of  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  was 
called  February  6th,  1884,  at  which  the  following  was 
adopted : 

Jiesolved, , By  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Cincinnati,  that 
a Committee  of  live  members  of  each  of  the  Boards  composing  it, 
together  with  the  President  of  each  Board,  and  the  Mayor,  be 
appointed,  with  power  to  add  to  their  number  by  calling  in  mem- 


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bers  if  found  necessary  to  increase  the  force,  to  act  in  connection 
with  the  Committee  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  already  ap- 
pointed, for  the  purpose  of  relieving  the  distressed,  and  for  the  pro- 
tection of  property,  during  the  continuance  of  the  great  flood  now 
coming. 

Resolved , That  the  Legislature  is  hereby  requested  to  authorize 
the  City  Comptroller  of  this  city  to  borrow  a.  sum  not  to  exceed 
$100,000,  to  be  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  Relief  Committee  of 
Common  Council,  to  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  relieving  the  dis- 
tressed and  protecting  life  and  property  during  the  continuance  of 
the  great  flood  now  on  us. 

In  accordance  with  this  action,  the  following  gentle- 
men were  appointed  as  the 

RELIEF  COMMITTEE  OF  THE  COMMON  COUNCIL. 

Thos.  J Stephens,  Mayor, 

COUXOILMEN. 

L.  L.  Sadler,  President,  Richard  C.  Ruhner,  B.  Eggleston, 

G.  Lowenstein,  J.  C.  Bruckman,  W.  A.  Wat  kins. 

John  Weyand. 

ALDERMEN. 

Samuel  R.  Smith,  President,  Michael  Ryan, 

Julius  Reis,  Washington  T.  Porter, 

Casimer  Baumann,  James  B.  Wilson, 

W i i, liam  M.  McGary. 


At  a meeting  of  the  Relief  Committee,  held  February 
7th,  the  action  of  the  Common  Council  was  reported, 
and  the  gentlemen  appointed  as  the  Council  Committee 
were  added  to  the  Committee,  which  henceforth  was 
known  as  The  Relief  Committee  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  and  Common  Council  of  Cincinnati. 

For  the  proper  performance  of  the  work  devolving 
upon  the  Relief  Committee,  sub-committees  were  ap- 
pointed, as  follows: 


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THE  RELIEF  COMMITTEE. 


COMMITTEE  ON  SHELTER  (SCHOOL-HOUSES  AND  CHURCHES). 

Howard  Douglass,  L.  M.  Dayton,  E.  H.  Huntington, 

W.  A.  Watkins. 

COMMITTEE  ON  SOUP  HOUSES  AND  COOKED  FOOD. 

J.  L.  Keck,  C.  W.  Rowland,  Thus.  G.  Smith, 

J.  (’.  Bruckman,  John  Weyand. 

COMMITTEE  ON  POLICE  AND  MILITARY  PROTECTION, 

Thos.  J.  Stephens,  Michael  Ryan,  Benj.  Eggleston. 

W.  T.  Porter  Wm.  M.  McGary. 

COMMITTEE  ON  BEDDING,  CLOTHING,  BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 

J.  L.  Stettinius,  L.  S.  Fechheimer,  J.  D.  Ellison. 

J.  B.  Wilson,  Julius  Reis. 

COMMITTEE  ON  GENERAL  SUPPLIES. 

Thos.  G Smith,  R.  H.  Cost,  James  M.  Glenn, 

Michael  Uyan,  Richard  C.  Rohner,  Casimer  Baumann, 

Wm.  V.  Ebersole,  Wm.  H.  Dayis. 

COMMITTEE'  ON  SUBSCRIPTIONS  AND  AUDITING. 

James  Bowman,  Frank  Alter,  Bf.nj.  Eggleston. 

COMMITTEE  ON  ENTERTAINMENTS. 

Wm.  McAlpin,  Geo.  Ward  Nichols,  A.  W.  Whelpley. 

James  McDonald,  Stewart  Shillito. 

CHIEF  OF  WAGONS  AND  TRANSPORTATION. 

Gustave  Lowenstein. 

Mayor  Tiios.  J.  Stephens,  Samuel  R.  Smith,  G.  Low- 
enstein, and  John  E.  Bell  were  added  to  the  Executive 
Committee. 

A large  number  of  boats  having  been  found  necessary 
for  visiting  and  distributing  supplies  in  the  flooded  dis- 


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triet,  Captain  W.  P.  Walker,  Jr.,  was  appointed  Ad- 
miral of  the  fleet,  with  Robert  J.  H.  Archiable  and 
J.  L.  Workum  as  assistants. 

The  Committees  and  officers  thus  appointed,  at  once 
proceeded  to  organize  their  several  departments,  and 
most  faithfully  and  efficiently  performed  the  laborious 
duties  imposed  upon  them.  Attention  is  called  to  the 
reports  of  the  various  Committees  appended  hereto, 
which  exhibit  some  of  the  details  of  their  work,  and 
indicate  the  extent  of  the  labor  performed. 

At  a special  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Education,  held 
February  7th,  1884,  the  following  was  unanimously 
adopted : 


“ Resolved , That  the  action  of  Howard  Douglass,  President  of  this 
Board,  in  closing  the  schools,  and  throwing  them  open  to  the  suffer- 
ers from  the  flood  in  the  districts  in  which  they  were  needed,  be 
and  the  same  is  hereby  approved  and  made  the  act  of  this  Board, 
and  that  the  thanks  of  the  Board  of  Education  are  due  President 
Douglass  for  his  prompt  and  untiring  work  at  this  time,  and  that 
he  be  empowered  to  close  any  or  all  school-houses  in  charge,  of  this 
Board,  and  use  them  as  may  be  needed;  and  that  he  use  his  dis- 
cretion in  associating  such  members  of  this  Board  with  himself,  as 
a Committee,  as  he  may  deem  advisable,  with  full  power  to  act  for 
this  Board.” 

Under  this  action  of  the  Board  of  Education,  the  fol- 
lowing school-houses  were  placed  under  the  control  of 
the  Relief  Committee,  and  therein,  under  the  direction 
of  the  Committee  on  Shelter,  a large  number  of  families 
were  sheltered  and  fed,  as  detailed  in  the  report  of  the 
sub-committee : 

Second  district,  Sycamore,  between  Fourth  and  Fifth 
streets;  Third  district,  Ellen  and  Kilgour  streets; 


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Fourth  district,  East  Front  street : Fifth  district,  Third, 
between  Elm  and  Plum  streets;  Seventh  district,  old 
building,  Fourth,  near  Smith,  and  new  building,  Fifth, 
opposite  Mound  street;  Brac-hman  house,  Fifth,  near 
Mound  street;  Twelfth  district,  Eighth  and  Donners- 
berger  streets ; Fourteenth  district,  Freeman  and  Poplar 
streets;  Seventeenth  district,  East  Front  street;  old 
Eighteenth  district,  Camp  Washington  ; Twenty -first 
district  (three  buildings),  Storrs  township;  Twenty- 
fourth  district  (two  buildings),  Pendleton  and  Colum- 
bia; Twenty-fifth  district,  Fairmount;  Twenty-sixth 
district  (two  buildings),  Cumminsville  ; Twenty-seventh 
district,  Kiddle  street;  First  Intermediate,  Baymiller, 
opposite  Gest  street ; Third  street  (colored),  Third,  near 
John  street;  Cumminsville  colored. 

The  Church  of 'the  Atonement,  Third  street,  between 
Central  avenue  and  John  street,  was  placed  at  the  dis- 
position of  the  Committee,  and,  under  the  care  of  Rev. 
Father  James  Cary,  many  homeless  persons  were 
therein  fed  and  sheltered. 

The  First  Regiment,  0.  H.  G.,  Colonel  C.  B.  Hunt 
commanding;  the  Regiment  of  Veteran  Guards,  under 
Colonel  M.  L.  Hawkins,  and  the  Second  Battery,  Cap- 
tain Joyce,  tendered  their  services  to  assist  the  po- 
lice in  the  preservation  of  the  public  peace.  This 
offer  was  gladly  accepted  by  the  Committee,  and,  under 
the  direction  of  the  Committee  on  Police,  the  streets  of 
the  city,  which,  through  the  failure  of  the  gas  supply, 
were  unlighted,  were  regularly  patrolled  by  the  soldiers 
of  these  regiments  during  the  continuance  of  the  flood. 
A bill  to  provide  for  the  payment  of  the  soldiers  on 
duty  was  passed  by  the  Legislature,  and  they  were 


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paid  from  the  funds  of  the  Ohio  State  Relief  Com- 
mission. 

One  of  the  first  cares  of  the  Committee  was  to  provide 
for  feeding  the  hungry  and  destitute  persons  who  had 
been  driven  from  their  homes  by  the  flood.  To  accom- 
plish this,  a soup-house  was  opened  at  No.  192  West 
Sixth  street,  under  the  direction  of  the  Committee  on 
Cooked  Food.  This  soup-house  was  maintained  during 
the  entire  period  of  the  flood,  and  good,  wholesome 
food  was  furnished  to  all  who  applied  ; and,  as  shown  by 
the  report  of  the  sub  committee,  an  enormous  quantity  of 
food  was  consumed,  and  a very  large  number  of  persons 
were  fed.  Under  ordinary  circumstances,  the  indiscrimi- 
nate giving  of  food  to  all  applicants,  without  investiga- 
tion, might  well  be  considered  injudicious;  but  the  Com- 
mittee is  of  opinion  that  the  preservation  of  the  public 
peace  was  largely  secured  by  the  certainty  of  food  and 
shelter  afforded  to  the  many  unruly  and  vicious  persons 
whom  the  general  disturbance  of  the  business  of  the  city 
precipitated  upon  the  relief  authorities.  This  conclu- 
sion was  justified  by  the  entire  absence  of  violence  and 
crime  that  marked  the  city  during  the  prevalence  of  the 
flood.  The  result  showed  that  the  unfortunate  classes 
from  whom  danger  was  apprehended,  when  fully  fed 
and  comfortably  housed,  had  the  same  indisposition 
to  disorder  as  they  had  to  labor  and  self-helpful 
manliness. 

The  unexampled  rise  of  the  river  rendered  the  situa- 
tion of  many  of  the  flooded  buildings  unsafe,  and  the 
Committee,  through  the  Police  Department,  had  them 
under  constant  inspection,  which  resulted  in  the  con- 
demnation of  a number  of  buildings  and  an  order  for 


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their  vacation.  This  order  was  executed  with  some 
difficulty,  the  persons  living  in  the  condemned  houses 
in  many  cases  being  unwilling  to  abandon  their  dwell- 
ings; but  with  much  persuasion  and  some  exercise  of 
authority,  they  were  all  safely  removed — it  being  neces- 
sary in  some  instances  to  seize  boats  from  extortionate 
owners  engaged  in  the  removal. 

The  progress  of  the  rise  in  the  river,  although  steady, 
was  slow,  and  for  some  little  time  after  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Committee  our  citizens  did  not  seem  to  ap- 
preciate the  magnitude  of  the  impending  disaster.  That 
they  might  be  fully  informed  of  the  condition  of  our 
suffering  people,  and  of  the  needs  of  the  Committee, 
the  following  notice,  signed  by  the  Chairman,  was  pub- 
lished in  the  newspapers  of  the  city  : 


“Cincinnati,  February  1( Dth,  1884. 

“ To  the  People  of  Cincinnati: — In  order  to  correct  a misapprehen- 
sion that  seems  to  exist  in  the  public  mind  as  to  the  suffering  oc- 
casioned by  the  flood,  the  Relief  Committee  feels  compelled  to  state 
that  the  demands  upon  it  for  the  relief  of  distress  are  fully  as  great 
as  they  were  during  the  flood  of  last  year.  Profiting  by  the  experi- 
ence of  the  past,  it  is  believed  that  a better  system  now  prevails  in 
the  distribution  of  all  kinds  of  supplies,  and  it  is  confidently  ex- 
pected that  the  suffering  will  be  relieved  at  a less  cost  than  last 
year.  Still  the  demands  upon  the  relief  fund  are  many  and  con- 
stant. More  rations  of  food  are  being  issued,  and  a greater  number 
of  persons  are  being  fed  at  the  present  time,  than  at  any  time 
during  the  flood  of  1883.  The  calls  for  bedding,  shoes,  and  cloth- 
ing are  growing  clamorous,  and  will  have  to  be  supplied  at  a large 
cost.  The  subscriptions  of  money  so  far  have  been  very  much  less 
than  last  year,  and  the  contributions  of  food,  clothing,  and  other 
supplies  have  been  insignificant.  The  Relief  Committee  will  con- 
tinue to  supply  all  proper  demands  for  relief,  relying  upon  the  co- 
operation and  support  of  the  public;  believing  that  it  will  only  be 


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15 


necessary  that  the  condition  and  necessities  of  the  fund  be  known, 
in  order  to  secure  sufficient  contributions  to  enable  it  to  carry  on 
its  work  and  fulfill  the  object  for  which  it  was  appointed.  In  the 
past  it  has  been  the  pride  of  our  city  that  all  suffering  has  been 
relieved  by  the  voluntary  contributions  of  its  citizens.  The  Relief 
Committee  will  do  its  utmost  to  provide  for  the  present  emergency 
from  the  same  source,  without  calling  upon  the  municipal  funds  for 
assistance.  For  this  reason  this  statement  is  made,  and  largely  in- 
creased subscriptions  are  urgently  solicited.” 

That  our  citizens  only  needed  to  be  informed  as  to 
the  condition  of  affairs  in  order  to  rise  to  the  impor- 
tance of  the  occasion,  was  evidenced  by  the  prompt  and 
liberal  response  that  was  made  to  this  appeal.  From  the 
time  of  its  publication  until  the  waters  had  receded 
from  the  inundated  parts  of  the  city,  the  contributions 
of  money  and  supplies  were  large  and  constant.  These 
contributions  came  from  all  classes  of  the  people  of 
the  city,  were  gratefully  received,  and  are  thankfully 
acknowledged.  Particularly  are  the  thanks  of  the  Com- 
mittee due  to  the  College  of  Music,  which,  in  connec- 
tion with  Mr.  Henry  E.  Abbey,  projected  and  carried 
to  a magnificent  conclusion  a concert  for  the  bene- 
fit of  the  Relief  Fund,  at  which  the  celebrated  singers 
of  the  Opera  Festival  gratuitously  contributed  their  ser- 
vices. By  this  concert,  which  took  place  February  17th, 
in  addition  to  the  grand  artistic  success  that  was  achieved, 
the  substantial  sum  of  $6,170.14  was  realized  for  the  sa- 
cred cause  to  which  its  entire  proceeds  were  devoted. 

To  protect  itself  from  imposition  in  furnishing  relief 
to  persons  without  investigation,  the  Committee,  at  the 
beginning  of  its  work,  decided  to  distribute  relief  only 
through  regularly  established  organizations  and  agencies, 
and  at  all  times  declined  to  make  any  allowance  to  in- 


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dividuals.  The  charitable  organizations  .of  the  city 
placed  themselves  at  the  service  of  the  Committee,  and 
through  them  the  work  of  relief  was  prosecuted  with 
a zeal  and  intelligence  that  protected  the  fund  from  the 
assaults  of  imposture,  and  efficiently  contributed  to  the 
succor  of  all  persons  who  after  examination  were  found 
worthy. 

The  Associated  Charities  entered  most  heartily  into 
the  work,  and  through  their  thoroughly  organized  dis- 
trict societies  distributed  large  quantities  of  supplies 
throughout  the  flooded  sections  of  the  city  with  great 
discretion  and  without  waste.  To  the  ladies  and  gen- 
tlemen composing  these  societies,  who  so  zealously  de- 
voted their  time  and  thoughtful  labor  to  the  assistance 
of  the  Committee  in  its  charitable  work,  and  particu- 
larly to  Mr.  W.  Alex.  Johnson,  the  Secretary  of  the 
Central  Board,  the  public  is  under  a debt  of  gratitude 
that  the  Committee  has  much  pleasure  in  acknowledging. 

The  Relief  Union,  the  oldest  of  our  charitable  organ- 
izations, was  also  of  much  assistance  in  distributing 
supplies  to  the  needy  after  intelligent  investigation,  and 
during  the  flood,  and  afterward,  abundantly  proved  its 
rightful  title  to  its  long  continued  hold  upon  the  sympa- 
thies and  affections  of  our  people. 

The  care  of  the  distressed  people  of  the  25th  Ward 
(Cumminsville),  which  the  flood  had  converted  into  a 
vast  lake,  was  delegated  to  a Citizens’  Committee,  con- 
sisting of  Messrs.  Wm.  M.  McGary,  J.  C.  Bruckman, 
Ciias.  A.  Miller,  and  Thos.  L.  Macdonald.  These  gen- 
tlemen addressed  themselves  to  the  relief  of  their  suf- 
fering neighbors  with  entire  devotion,  and  accomplished 
their  work  to  the  greatest  satisfaction  of  the  Relief  Com- 


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17 


mittee.  The  Associated  Charities  and  the  Citizens’ 
Committee  of'  the  25th  Ward,  in  addition  to  their  la- 
bors during  the  flood,  after  the  waters  had  subsided,  took 
charge  of  the  difficult  and  protracted  work  of  replacing 
and  repairing  the  houses  of  needy  persons,  which  the 
flood  had  displaced  from  their  foundations,  and  through 
them  a large  amount  of  money  was  expended  in  this 
work,  and  it  is  believed  much  good  was  accomplished. 
To  the  Rev.  W.  E.  Stevens  and  Mr.  E.  H.  Griest,  of  the 
Seventh  District  Society,  Associated  Charities,  the  Com- 
mittee is  specially  indebted  for  services  rendered  in  replac- 
ing houses,  and  for  much  assistance  in  many  other  ways. 

The  Relief  Committee,  following  the  precedent  estab- 
lished during  the  flood  of  1883,  decided  that  no  part  of 
the  contributions  received  from  places  outside  of  Cin- 
cinnati should  be  applied  to  the  relief  of  persons  living- 
in  this  city ; but  that  any  such  contributions  that  might 
be  intrusted  to  the  Committee  should  be  distributed  for 
the  relief  of  distress  throughout  the  Ohio  Valley  out- 
side of  Cincinnati.  That  this  should  be  thoroughly  un- 
derstood the  Committee,  through  its  chairman,  published 
a card  through  the  Associated  Press,  giving  notice  of 
its  decision,  and  offering  to  take  charge  of  any  contri- 
butions that  might  be  sent  it  for  distribution  at  outside 
points.  Following  this  notice  contributions  in  money 
to  the  amount  of  $97,751  22  (including  $20,31 5 25,  from 
the  Ohio  State  Relief  Commission),  were  received  by  the 
Committee  from  sources  outside  of  Cincinnati,  and  the 
total  amount  thus  received  was  distributed  throughout 
the  entire  length  of  the  Ohio  Valley.  In  addition  to  the 
contributions  in  money,  quantities  of  clothing,  provis- 
ions, and  other  supplies  were  received  from  places  out- 


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side  of  Cincinnati.  These  contributions  of  money 
and  supplies  were  made  up  of  a vast  number  of 
individual  donations,  and  represented  every  section 
of  our  country  and  parts  of  the  old  world.  Of  them 
the  contributions  of  corn  and  flour  from  the  city  of 
Wichita  and  Sedgwick  county,  and  froniButler  county, 
Kansas,  are  particularly  noteworthy.  From  the  former 
of  these  counties  came  thirty- one  car  loads  of  corn, 
from  the  latter  twenty-six  car  loads  of  corn  and  flour. 
The  trains  bearing  these  contributions  were  decorated 
with  pictured  scenes  and  stirring  inscriptions  that  indi- 
cated the  prosperous  condition  and  generous  hearts  of 
the  people  from  whom  the  bountiful  gifts*  emanated.  Ac- 
companying these  trains  came  delegations  of  the  repre- 
sentative citizens  of  those  counties,  who  were  publicly 
received  and  welcomed  by  the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 
Subsequently  the  corn  and  and  flour  were  sold  at  auc- 
tion on  ’Change,  and  prices  obtained  therefor  in  advance 
of  the  market  quotations.  These  trains  were  transported 
free  of  charge  from  Kansas  to  Cincinnati  by  the  Atchi- 
son, Topeka  and  Santa  Fe,  the  Chicago  and  Alton,  the 
St.  Louis,  Ft.  Scott  and  Wichita,  the  Missouri  Pacific, 
and  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  Railroads.  The  contribu- 
tions from  outside  places  continued  without  intermis- 
sion until  the  Committee  became  convinced  that  no 
more  were  needed,  and  on  April  12th  it  published  a 
notice,  that  they  were  no  longer  required,  and  that  it 
would  decline  to  receive  any  thing  further. 

The  condition  of  the  people  living  on  the  shores 
of  the  river  above  Cincinnati  was  deplorable.  Sud- 
denly driven  from  their  homes,  and  in  many  in- 
stances compelled  to  flee  for  their  lives  leaving  their 


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19 


household  necessities  behind  them,  their  situation 
was  most  distressful,  and  urgent  appeals  for  assistance 
reached  the  Committee.  Desiring  to  contribute  to  their 
relief  as  speedily  as  possible,  the  Committee  gladly 
availed  itself  of  the  offer  of  the  proprietors  of  the 
Commercial  Gazette  to  make  use  of  the  steamer  Kate 
Waters,  which  they  had  employed  to  go  up  the  river  for 
newspaper  purposes,  to  transport  supplies  of  food  for 
general  distribution.  As  soon  as  a sufficient  amount 
was  received  from  outside  sources  to  justify  the  ex- 
pense of  an  independent  expedition,  the  large  Steamer 
Granite  State  was  chartered  by  the  Committee,  and 
loaded  with  supplies  of  all  kinds.  This  steamer  was 
placed  under  the  control  of  J.  L.  Keck,  and,  commanded 
by  Captain  W.  P.  Walker,  Jr.,  left  the  city  on  the  morn- 
ing of  February  16th,  and  proceeded  up  the  river  as  far 
as  Ironton,  Ohio.  The  success  of  this  expedition  was 
pronounced,  and  reference  is  made  to  the  special  report 
of  Mr.  Keck,  which  gives  interesting  details  of  his 
work.  The  cost  of  the  cargo  of  the  Granite  State,  to 
the  extent  of  $15,000,  was  defrayed  by  the  Ohio  State  Re- 
lief Commission;  but  the  distribution  of  the  proceeds 
of  the  amount  contributed  by  the  Commission  being 
necessarily  confined  to  Ohio,  General  A.  Beckwith,  * 
representing  the  United  States  Government,  also  placed 
on  board  supplies  to  the  value  of  $10,000,  that  both  sides 
of  the  river  might  share  ill  the  distribution. 

In  addiFon  to  the  distribution  thus  made,  consider- 
able amounts  were,  during  the  earlier  days  of  the  flood, 
sent  to  different  places  along  the  river  as  their  wants  be- 
came known.  But  the  Committee,  from  the  experience 
of  last  year,  was  distrustful  of  many  cases  of  alleged 


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suffering,  and  decided  that  the  money  in  its  hands  for 
outside  relief  could  only  be  intelligently  and  satisfac- 
torily distributed  after  a personal  investigation  of  each 
application  for  relief,  by  agents  specially  employed  for 
that  purpose.  Acting  on  this  decision,  the  following 
gentlemen  were  employed  to  visit  the  entire  territory 
bordering  the  Ohio  River,  and  to  administer  relief  only 
after  a personal  inspection  of  each  particular  case  of  suf- 
fering : 

Rev.  Godfrey  I.  Reiche,  Rev.  Isaac  DeLaMatkr,  Charles  Douglass, 
George  L.  Barringer,  Walter  T.  Ritchie,  Burt  D.  Bishop, 

D.  M.  Barr. 

These  gentlemen  made  an  exhaustive  investigation 
of  both  sides  of  the  river  from  the  Pennsylvania  State 
line  to  the  river’s  mouth,  and  throughout  the  extended 
territory  embraced  within  these  limits  distributed  large 
amounts  of  money  with  an  energy  and  faithfulness  that 
merit  the  highest  public  appreciation,  and  for  which  the 
earnest  thanks  of  the  Committee  are  tendered.  The 
Committee  is  also  under  obligations  to  Rev.  B.  W.  Chid- 
law,  Henry  De  Bus,  Abram  Brower,  and  P.  T.  Turpin,  all 
of  Hamilton  county,  Ohio,  for  assistance  in  the  distri- 
bution of  outside  relief  in  their  respective  neighborhoods. 
A reference  to  the  places  in  which  relief  was  distributed, 
as  shown  in  the  Treasurer’s  Report,  will  convey  some 
idea  of  the  work  performed  bj^  these  gentlemen. 

The  Ohio  Legislature,  in  accordance  with  the  request 
of  the  Common  Council,  passed  a law  authorizing  the 
City  Comptroller  to  borrow  $50,000,  to  be  expended  for 
the  relief  of  suffering  in  Cincinnati,  upon  the  order  of 
the  Tax  Commission.  The  Tax  Commission,  at  a meet- 


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ing  held  February  13th,  instructed  the  Comptroller  to 
pay  the  amount  authorized,  or  any  part  thereof,  upon  the 
order  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Relief  Com- 
mittee. The  unexampled  rise  in  the  river  entailed 
such  wide-spread  distress  among  the  poor  of  the 
city,  that  the  demands  for  relief  exceeded  the  abil- 
ity of  the  Committee  to  supply  from  the  fund 
provided  by  the  voluntary  contributions  of  our  citi- 
zens. To  meet  these  demands,  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee called  upon  the  Comptroller  for  $25,000  of  the 
city  fund  that  had  been  placed  at  its  disposal.  This 
amount  was  received  by  the  Committee  and  placed  in 
the  Relief  Fund.  Upon  the  completion  of  the  work, 
and  the  final  adjustment  of  accounts,  it  was  found  that 
there  was  at  the  credit  of  the  fund  for  the  relief  of  Cin- 
cinnati an  unexpended  balance  of  $5,260  74,  which  has 
been  returned  to  the  city  through  the  Sinking  Fund 
Commission. 

Throughout  its  work  of  distributing  relief  to  persons 
living  in  Ohio,  the  Committee  acted  in  correspondence, 
and  in  accord,  with  the  Ohio  State  Relief  Commission 
appointed  by  the  Governor  to  distribute  the  fund  ap- 
propriated by  the  Ohio  Legislature  for  the  relief  of  suf- 
fering by  the  fiood  in  the  State  of  Ohio.  The  Commis- 
sion having  previously  furnished  the  Committee  with  a 
large  amount  of  money  for  distribution  through  its 
agents  on  the  Ohio  side  of  the  river,  outside  of  Cincin- 
nati, offered  the  Executive  Committee  $10,000  from  its 
funds  for  the  relief  of  the  flood  sufferers  in  Cincinnati. 
This  offer  was  submitted  to  the  General  Committee, 
was  by  it  accepted,  and  the  amount  paid  to  the  Execu- 
tive Committee. 


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The  Commissioners  of  Hamilton  county  appropriated 
$3,000  for  the  relief  of  distress  occasioned  by  the  flood 
in  the  city  and  county,  and  tendered  the  same  to  the 
Relief  Committee,-  but  the  Committee  being  convinced 
that  it  had  already  received  sufficient  funds  to  enable  it 
to  fully  carry  out  its  work,  the  offer  of  the  Commission- 
ers was  thankfully  declined. 

The  Treasurer’s  Report,  appended  hereto,  gives  a full 
account  of  all  moneys  received  by  the  Committee,  and 
shows  the  amounts  expended  in  the  varied  and  extended 
relief  furnished.  It  is  found  impossible  to  give  accu- 
rate details  of  the  distribution  of  the  large  quantities 
of  food,  bedding,  clothing,  shoes,  and  other  articles  that 
were  distributed — mostly  to  the  poor  of  our  city.  That 
the  public  may  form  some  idea  of  the  magnitude  of  the 
work  performed,  the  following  list,  taken  from  the 
books  of  the  Committee,  and  which  does  not  include  the 
great  quantities  of  supplies  that  were  donated,  and 
those  which  were  bought  by  the  charitable  societies  with 
moneys  furnished  by  the  Committee,  is  given  of  the 
numbers  and  amounts  of  the  principal  articles  issued  in 
the  work  of  relief:  153,416  loaves  bread,  60,720  lbs. 
crackers  and  hard  bread,  153,181  lbs.  hams,  60,220  lbs. 
shoulders  and  sides,  50,000  lbs.  mess  pork,  45,889  lbs. 
Bologna  sausage,  654  lbs.  fresh  meat,  3,810  lbs.  corned 
beef,  45,398  lbs.  coffee,  1,342  lbs.  tea,  34,179  lbs.  sugar, 
25,808  lbs.  rice,  60,770  lbs.  beans,  153  lbs.  pepper,  56 
bbls.  onions,  122  bbls.  potatoes,  11  bbls.  salt,  9 bbls. 
turnips,  37  bbls.  flour,  10,896  blankets,  3,678  comforts, 
1,097  mattresses,  49  cots,  6,036  pr.  shoes,  2,939  pr.  stock- 
ings, 42,947  bushels  coal  and  coke. 

The  Committee  has  been  placed  under  obligation  to 


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2! 


so  many  charitably  disposed  ladies  and  gentlemen  in 
the  prosecution  of  its  work,  that  it  finds  difficulty  in 
properly  acknowledging  its  indebtedness  for  the  volun- 
tary assistance  that  it  has  had  in  every  scheme  devised 
for  the  relief  of  the  great  suftiering  of  the  poor  of  our 
city.  At  all  times  its  hands  were  upheld,  and  its  labor 
supplemented  by  the  active  aid  of  willing  volunteers. 
This  aid  came  from  persons  of  every  class  and  occupa- 
tion in  the  community,  and  was  so  generously  rendered 
that  a mere  enumeration  of  the  persons  to  whom  thanks 
are  due  would  make  a list  of  names  so  long  as  to  be 
practically  meaningless.  The  Committee  can  only 
tender  its  heartiest  acknowledgments  to  all  Avho  by  their 
aid  rendered  possible  the  great  work  performed,  and  re- 
fers to  the  reports  of  the  sub-committees  for  a more  de- 
tailed acknowledgment  of  a part  of  the  work  performed 
by  these  assistants. 

The  Committee  can  not,  however,  omit  to  give  par- 
ticular expression  of  its  thanks  to  the  railroad,  express, 
steamboat,  telegraph,  and  telephone  companies  for  most 
valuable  service  that  was  gratuitously  and  most  promptly 
performed.  The  railroads  leading  into  the  city  were  re- 
duced by  the  flood  to  a single  line,  but  that  line,  to- 
gether with  the  temporary  connections  by  river  and  ca- 
nal that  were  hurriedly  established,  furnished  the  trans- 
portation companies  means  for  the  prompt  delivery  of 
goods  sent  for  the  relief  of  distress.  The  telegraph  and 
telephone  companies  placed  their  facilities  at  the  dispo- 
sition of  the  Committee  without  charge,  and  much  use 
was  made  of  them,  and  by  such  use  the  work  of  relief 
was  much  promoted  and  simplified. 

In  closing  this  report,  and  in  surrendering  the  trust 


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confided  to  it,  the  Committee  looks  back  upon  the  work 
accomplished  with  the  satisfaction  that  must  always  ac- 
company earnest  endeavor  when  directed  to  worthy 
ends.  It  gratefully  acknowledges  the  confidence  that 
has  been  given  to  it  by  the  people  of  our  city  and  the 
country  at  large;  and  it  indulges  the  hope  that  its  ful- 
fillment of  the  duty  assigned  to  it  has  been  to  the  rea- 
sonable satisfaction,  both  of  the  givers  of  the  large 
sums  with  which  it  has  been  intrusted,  and  of  the  dis- 
tressed people  whom  it  has  labored  faithfully  to  assist. 

The  chairman,  personally,  begs  to  extend  his  warm- 
est thanks  to  the  members  of  the  Committee  for  the 
constant  support  and  assistance  that  have  lightened  his 
labor,  and  made  forever  memorable  to  him  his  connec- 
tion with  the  Relief  Committee. 

Respectfully, 

H.  C.  URNER, 

Chairman. 


TREASURER'S  REPORT. 


Cincinnati,  June  18 th,  1884. 

H.  C.  URNER,  ESQ., 

Chairman  Relief  Committee  of  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Common  Council : 

Dear  Sir: — Herewith  I submit  account  of  my  receipts  and  expendi- 
tures as  Treasurer  of  the  Relief  Committee: 

The  flood  of  1884  far  exceeded  in  height  and  duration  the  great  flood 
of  1883,  but  the  citizens  of  Cincinnati,  and  those  throughout  the  country, 
were  again  equal  to  the  occasion,  and,  as  my  report  shows,  the  difference 
in  the  receipts  for  those  suffering  during  the  two  floods  was  as  great  as 
the  difference  in  the  two  floods. 

The  amount  contributed  by  persons  not  citizens  of  our  city  is 
$97,751.22.  The  Relief  Committee  pursued  the  same  policy  that  the 
Committee  of  1888  did,  and  applied  all  the  money  received  from  non- 
residents, to  different  points  outside  of  Cincinnati,  paying  out  the  whole 
amount  received,  viz.:  $97,751.22. 

The  amount  received  from  local  sources  for  the  relief  of  Cincinnati 
was  $96,680.12.  Of  this  amount,  $91,419.38  has  been  expended  for 
the  relief  of  those  suffering  by  the  flood  in  Cincinnati.  The  balance  re- 
maining unexpended  ($5,260.74)  has  been  returned  to  the  city  through 
the  Sinking  Fund  Commission,  leaving  nothing  in  the  Treasurer’s  hands. 

In  closing  my  report,  I desire  to  thank  Mr.  W.  A.  Goodman,  Jr.,  and 
Mr.  C.  W.  Mayer,  for  voluntarily  rendering  me  valuable  assistance  in 
the  performance  of  the  duties  of  my  office. 

Very  respectfully, 

S.  F.  DANA, 

Treasurer. 


CASH  RECEIPTS 


OF  THE 

CINCINNATI  CHAMBER  OF  COMMERCE 

AND 

COMMON  COUNCIL  RELIEF  COMMITTEE. 


February  7th,  1884. 

Cincinnati  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Merchants’  Exchange,  $5000  00 

National  Insurance  Co., 100  00 

G.  W.  Pohlman, 10  00 

M.  & L.  S.  Fechheimer  & Co., 100  00 

S.  H.  Burton, 150  00 

S.  F.  Dana, 100  00 

Cash, 5 00 

Hoadly,  Johnson  & Colston, 100  00 

A.  W.  G.,  . . 10  00 

National  Lafayette  and  Bank  of  Commerce,  ....  100  00 

Chas.  Anderson,  Jr., 25  00 

The  J.  M.  Brunswick  & Balke  Co., 100  00 

Seeliler  & Co., 50  00 

Evans,  Lippincott  & Cunningham, ^100  00 

M.  E.  Ingalls, loo  00 

P.  Poland, ICO  00 

Edwin  Stevens, 100  00 

Jno.  L.  Stettinius, 500  00 

Ault  & Weborg, 50  00 

F.  A.  Laidley  & Co, 100  00 

E.  H.  Cost, 20  00 


Am’t  for’d,  .........  $6920  00 


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Ain’t  for’d, $6920  00 

Albert  Schwill  & Co., 50  00 

Robt.  J.  Cresap, 25  00 

F.  H.  Meyers, 10  00 

Mrs.  P.  Britt, 50  00 

Van  Antwerp,  Bragg  & Co.,  ........  100  00 

D.  C.  Latterly, 20  00 

The  Post  Publishing  Co., 50  00 

F.  A.  Hahn,  . . 25  00 

Bishop  & Spear, 25  00 

Geo.  Schrauder’s  Sons, 25  00 

American  Press  Association,  .......  25  00 

W.  Pv.  Williams, 30  00 

Alfred  White, 25  00 

Eeuben  R.  Springer, 350  00 

Gardner  Phipps  & Co.,  . . . . . . . 50  00 

S.  Davis,  Jr.  & Co.,  .........  100  00 

Ryan  Bros., . . . 100  00 

Long,  Kramer  & Kramer,  ........  100  00 

The  C.  H.  Bishop  Flour  Co., 25  00 

Herman  Goepper  & Co., 50  00 

Slimer  & Dater, 50  00 

Amazon  Insurance  Co.,  ........  100  00 

Geo.  W.  Lowe, 50  00 

Mrs.  Judge  D.  K.  Este, 100  00 

Maria  Longworth  Nichols,  100  00 

Mrs.  Larz  Anderson, 200  00 

M.  M.  Yorston, 10  00 

Dr.  E.  Williams, 10  00 

Estate  of  Mrs.  Sarah  B.  McLean,  ......  100  00 

Yoorheis,  Miller  & Rupel, 50  00 

Cash,  Traveler, 1 00 

R.  A.  Dykins  & Co., . 30  00 

February  8th,  1884. 

H.  Miller, 50  00 

Jas.  Walsh  & Co., 100  00 

Jno.  A.  Gano, 25  00 


Ain’t  for’d 


$9131  00 


28 


TREAS  URER’S  REPORT. 


Am’t  for’d, 

. $9131  00 

J.  Lowman  & Bro., 

. 100  00 

Alter,  Pinekard  & Co., 

50  00 

Alter,  Forward  & Co.  . 

. 50  00 

J.  & A.  Simpkinson  & Co., 

50  00 

Edward  Sargent,  . 

. 50  00 

Speaker,  Buddeke  & Co.,  . 

50  00 

W.  S.  Dickinson  & Co., 

. 50  00 

Third  National  Bank, 

100  00 

First  National  Bank, 

. 100  00 

L.  B.  Harrison, 

100  00 

Citizens’  National  Bank, 

. 100  00 

Henry  Lewis,  .... 

50  00 

Queen  City  National  Bank, 

. 25  00 

Fourth  National  Bank, 

50  00 

Exchange  National  Bank, 

. 50  00 

Franklin  Bank, 

100  00 

Metropolitan  National  Bank., 

. 50  00 

S.  Kuhn  & Son, 

25  00 

German  National  Bank, 

. 50  00 

Leon,  Marks  & Co., 

20  00 

U.  W.  Burnet, 

. 100  00 

Ca>h,  

50 

Mrs.  N.  G.  Nettleton, 

. 25  00 

Mrs.  Louise  N.  Anderson, 

15  00 

H.  G.  Eoelker, 

. 15  00 

D.  H.  Baldwin  & Co., 

50  00 

The  John  Shillito  Co.,  . 

. 100  00 

Me Brair  & Sons, 

50  00 

Berry  Bros.,  by  E.  B.  Ironside,  Agent, 

. 25  00 

Cash, 

5 00 

Eev.  Eaphael  Benjamin, 

. 20  00 

Cash, 

. - . 5 00 

Davis  C.  Anderson, 

. . 25  00 

James  Morrison  & Co., 

100  00 

E.  D.  Britton, 

5 00 

Elliott  H.  Pendleton, 

100  00 

Freiberg  & Workum,  . 

. 100  00 

Am’t  for’d, 

. $11091  50 

CASH  RECEIPTS. 


29 


Am’t  for’d, $11001  50 

Cassilly,  Collins  & Co., 50  00 

L.  Norton, 25  00 

The  Burnet  House  Co., 50  00 

J.  Freiberg, 25  00 

Samuel  Lowry  & Co., 25  00 

Lewis  K.  Leibenstein, 5 00 

Blackmore  & Kinsey, 100  00 

K.  T.  Coverdale, 10  00 

Adam  Gray  & Co., • . . . 50  00 

H.  Deitz  & Co.,  25  00 

Cash,  5 00 

Stephens  Bros., 100  00 

F.  H.  Lawson  & Co., 50  00 

L.  Frohman, 25  00 

Cash, • . . 3 00 

Albert  Natter,  . . . . • 100  00 

Geo.  F.  Otte  & Co., 25  00 

H.  F.  West,  Bro.  & Co., 50  00 

Knost  Bro.  & Co., 25  00 

Both,  Bruner,  Dreifus  & Co., 25  00 

David  Sinton,  ....'. 200  00 

Espy,  Heidelbach  & Co., 100  00 

D.  J.  Fallis, 100  00 

Union  National  Bank,  50  00 

Seasongood  Sons  & Co., 100  00 

Bindskoflf,  Stern,  Lauer  & Co., 50  00 

Ackerland,  Wyler  & Co., . 50  00 

Adler  & Co.,  25  00 

A.  D.  Bullock  & Co., 100  00 

Louis  Stix  & Co., 100  00 

Heidelbach,  Friedlander  & Co.,  ......  50  00 

Stix,  Krouse  & Co., 50  00 

Fechheimer  Bros.  & Co., 25  00 

Geo.  W.  MoAlpin  & Co.,  100  00 

Commercial  Bank,  .........  50  00 

J.  & L.  Seasongood  & Co., 100  00 

Jeffras  & Thompson, 50  00 


Am’t  for’d, 


$13164  50 


30 


TREASURER’ S REPORT. 


Am’t  for’d, $13164  50 

Robert  Clarke  & Co., 50  00 

Clemens  Hellebush  & Co.,  .......  25  00 

Krebs’  Lithographing  Co.,  . . 25  00 

Jos.  Maguire  & Co., 25  00 

Adams  Express  Co., 500  00 

February  9th,  1884. 

H.  M.  Harbaugh, 25  00 

Geo.  8.  Horner, 25  00 

Jas.  Levy  & Bro.,  100  00 

Mrs.  E.  L.  Dean, 5 00 

Dr.  W.  H.  Taylor, 10  00 

C.  S.  Crockett, 50  00 

Cash,  1 00 

C.  P.  Cleneay, 25  00 

W.  H.  Allen, 25  00 

Vincent  Schwab, 10  00 

Abe  Bloch  & Co., 25  00 

Mrs.  Annie  Ti&dale, 5 00 

J.  N.  Harris  & Co., 50  00 

Thos.  H.  C.  Allen,  . 25  00 

Cash,  5 00 

W.  S.  Groesbeck, • • 100  00 

F.  G.  Ringgold  & Co., 50  00 

Stern,  Ma)  er  & Co., 50  00 

Jos.  R.  Peebles’  Sons, 25  00 

Gibson,  Corre  & Co.,  50  00 

Belding  Bros.  & Co.,  . • 25  00 

Wilstach,  Baldwin  & Co., 50  00 

A.  Beckenstein  & Co., 100  00 

Eppens,  Smith  & Co.,  New  York  City, 250  00 

Aurora  Distilling  Co., 100  00 

Mrs.  J.  K.  Ogden, 25  00 

Mrs.  E.  H.  Ross, 10  00 

Cincinnati  and  Pomeroy  Packet  Co., 100  00 

Rheinstrom  Bro., 25  00 

Strauss,  Pritz  & Co.,  . 25  00 


. $15160  50 


Am’t  for’d, 


CASH  RECEIPTS. 


Am’t  for’d, $15160  50 

Eureka  Insurance  Co., 100  00 

Mrs.  Rachel  T.  Gaff, 100  00 

Stevens,  Dair  & Co., 100  00 

The  Parker  Wise  Co., 50  00 

Schmidlapp  & Co., 100  00 

Thos.  Sherlock, 100  00 

J.  Y.  Lewis  ’&  Co., 100  00 

R.  B.  Bowler, 50  00 

Geo.  L.  Gray,  ..........  25  00 

J.  F.  Sadler  & Co., 25  00 

Cohen  & Rust,  sale  one  pair  opera-glasses,  ....  25  00 

•J.  J.  Higbee, 5 00 

Geo.  Ellis,  . 20  00 

Albert  Myer, 50  00 

J.  & S.  B.  Sachs, 10  00 

Shipley,  Crane  & Co., 25  00 

Feder,  Silverberg  & Co.,  . 10  00 

Plaut  & Marks, . . 10  00 

Manss  Bros.  & Co., . 10  00 

Grever,  Tangetnan  & Co.,  . . . . . . . . 25  00 

Goldsmith,  Klein  & Co  , 25  00 

Mack,  Brennan  & Co.,  25  00 

Bohm  Bros.  & Co., 25  00 

Cash, 1 00 

Strobridge  Lithographing  Co.,  ......  50  00 

Henry  Irving,  England, • . 250  00 

February  lltb,  1884. 

Little  girl,  three  years  old,  . . . . . . . 25 

G.  K.  Shoenberger, . 300  00 

Louis  Ballauf, 35  00 

Thos  McDougal,  . . 25  00 

Robert  Knight, 20  00 

Judge  M.  W.  Oliver, 25  00 

A.  S.  Butterfield, 25  00 

Miss  Nourse’s  Family, 20  00 

Jno.  C.  Bruckman, 25  00 


Am’t  for’d, $16951  75 


32  TREASURER’S  REPORT. 

Am’t  for’d, $16951  75 

Jno.  Kebler  & Son,  . . . . 50  00 

F.  G.  Roelker, 25  00 

C.  S.  Cheever, 20  00 

C.  0.  Lockard,  15  00 

M.  M.  Shoemaker, 50  00 

Reformed  Presbyterian  Church,  J.  N.  Foster,  pastor,  . . 10  00 

O.  J.  Wilson, 100  00 

R.  A.  Holden  & Co., 100  00 

Nathan  F.  Baker, 100  00 

Edward  Sargent,  additional, 50  00 

Judge  Fayette  Smith, *25  00 

The  Pappenheimer  Hardware  Co.,  ......  50  OO 

Henry  Hanna, 100  00 

A.  Acker! and, 50  00 

Dr.  John  A.  Murphy, 20  00 

Cash,  . 1 00 

A Friend  of  the  Sufferers, 1 00 

Cincinnati  Base  Ball  Club, 25  00 

Richmond  Street  Christian  Church,  . . . . . 40  00 

Dr.  Zenner, 10  00 

Gam brinus  Stock  Co., 100  00 

Benj.  Strauss, 10  00 

Cash, 5 00 

M.  Heister, 15  00 

E.  L.  Harper  & Co,,  100  00 

Mack,  Stadler  & Co., 50  00 

N.  Menderson  & Co., 25  00 

Mound  Street  Temple  Sabbath  School, 10  00 

Krohn,  Feiss  & Co., 50  00 

C.  R.  Mabley  & Co., 100  00 

Liverpool,  London,  and  Globe  Insurance  Co.,  ....  150  00 

J.  M.  Decamp, 25  00 

A Friend  to  Sufferers, 5 00 

H.  B.  Moorehead  & Co., 100  00 

Cincinnati  Type  Foundry, 50  00 

Cash, 5 00 

Mrs.  Samuel  McConaha,  . 5 00 


Am’t  for’d, 


$18598  75 


CASH  RECEIPTS.  33 

Am’t  far’d, $18598  75 

A.  & J.  Trounstine  & Co., 100  00 

Charles  Edeler, 10  00 

O.  J.  Patzold, 10  00 

Andrew  Hickenlooper, 100  00 

Cash, 5 00 

Mrs.  Hannah  E.  Workum, 50  00 

Standard  Wagon  Co., 25  00 

Standard  Wheel  Co., 25  00 

B.  Simon  & Co,  ^25  00 

M.  A.  Dalton,  . 5 00 

O.  D.,  2 00 

Wra.  Gray, 5 00 

G.  H.  Verkamp, 25  00 

Evans  & Kinney, 100  00 

Mrs.  A.  Howard  Hinkle, 100  00 

William  Resor  & Co.,  . . 50  00 

Mrs.  William  Resor,  Clifton, 50  00 

W.  P.  Halbert, 100  00 

R.  Woolley  & Sons, 50  00 

C.  Bathgate 10  00 

Cash, •.  . 2 00 

A Friend  of  Sufferers,  2 50 

Wm.  Me  Master, 25  00 

McHenry  & Co., 25  CO 

Mrs.  C.  H.  Allen, 25  00 

Mrs.  Matthew  Hopple, 25  00 

L.  K.  Leavitt, 5 00 

Yan  Antwerp,  Bragg  & Co., 150  00 

Cash,  1 00 

A.  A.  Ferris, 10  00 

Cincinnati  Union  Base  Ball  Club, 30  00 

W.  M.  Cameron, 50  00 

G.  C.  Ridgeway,  Mansfield,  O., 1 00 

John  Church  & Co., 50  00 

Charles  Davis  & Co., 50  00 

Eugene  F.  Bliss, 25  00 

Chatfield  & Woods, 100  00 

Am’t  far’d, $20022  25 


34 


TREASURER’  S REPORT, 


Am’t  for’d, $20022  25 

Hirsch  & Lo  wen  stein, 25  00 

T.  B.  Stone  & Co., 25  00 

George  W.  Neare, 25  00 

E.  B.  Field, 25  00 

M.  Hart, . 50  00 

John  Kyle, . 50  00 

M.  Werk  & Co., 100  00 

C.  H.  Kellogg,  Jr., 50  00 

John  yV.  Pfaff  & Co., 25  00 

Alex.  Fries  & Bros.,  .........  50  00 

Louis  Snider’s  Sons,  . . . . . . . . 50  00 

Sidney  D.  Maxwell, 25  00 

Holmes  & Morten, 15  00  • 

M.  Knaul, 10  00 

G.  V.  Stevenson, 10  00 

J.  Frank  Baker,  . . - 10  00 

Samuel  D.  Carey, 5 00 

Patterson  Bros.  & Co.,  25  00 

W.  H.  Evans  & Co., 5 00 

Albert  C.  Barney,  50  00 

Inland  Oil  Co., 100  00 

J.  Scott  Peebles,  .........  40  00 

T.  N.  Withenbury, 10  00 

Robert  F.  Leaman, 100  00 

George  K.  Snider, 10  00 

Anchor  White  Lead  Co., 50  00 

Cash, 1 00 

Employes  of  D.  W.  Stadeker  & Co., 15  60 

Union  Baptist  Church, 15  55 

Eight  subscriptions  of  $1.00  each, 8 00 

Philip  Haywood, 10  00 

Chamberlain  Stove  Co.,  25  00 

William  Worthington, 50  00 

Charles  W.  Short, 50  00 

East  Pearl  Street  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  ....  100  00 

Stallo,  Kittredge  & Wilby, 25  00 

Hattie  Wolfstein, 10  00 


Am’t  for’d, $21272  40 


CASH  RECEIPTS.  35 


Ain’t  for’d, $21272  40 

Samuel  Wolfstein, 10  00, 

D.  J.  Workum,  Jr., 10  00 

William  F.  Gray, . . 5 00 

Helen  T.  Pierson,  5 00 

H.  & S.  Pogue,  100  00 

LeBoutillier  & Simpson, • 50  00 

Louis  Krohn, 25  00 

Cincinnati  National  Bank, 50  00 

Nonotuck  Silk  Co., 50  00 

Elsas  & Pritz, 50  00 

E.  M.  Roth, 25  00 

Bart  & Hickcox, *. 25  00 

Bell,  Miller  & Co., 25  00 

F.  Schultz  & Co., 25  00 

Fox  Bros.  & Co., 10  00 

Tice  & Huntington, 25  00 

T.  & A.  Pickering, 25  00 

A.  B.  Rattermann, 10  00 

Kemper  Bros., 25  00 

B.  Kittredge  & Co., 50  00 

United  States  Varnish  Co., 10  00 

Labold  & Newburgh, 10  00 

Cash, 5 00 

George  W.  Childs,  Philadelphia,  Pa., 500  00 

February  12th,  1884. 

George  W.  Sanders,  2 00 

Miss  Annie  Tisdale, 10  00 

Cash, 5 00 

Charles  Cockin, 1 00 

W.  L.  McVey,  5 00 

Cash, 20  00 

F.  Eichberg, 5 00 

Phineas  Moses, 25  00 

Lang  & Warner, 25  00 

Mrs.  James  C.  Crane, 25  00 

Charles  E.  Smith, 25  00 


Am’t  for’d, $22545  40 


36 


TREASURER’S  REPORT. 


Ain’t  for’d, $22545  40 

, Alfred  M.  Allen,  . 10  00 

George  K.  Thompson,  . 50  00 

Mrs.  L.  M.  Dayton, 50  00 

Cincinnati  Printing  Pressmen’s  Union, 100  00 

L.  M.  Dayton, 25  00 

Parkinson  & Parkinson,  . . . . . . . 50  00 

S.  E.  Warner, 25  00 

A little  u;irl, 05 

G.  A.  Croft, 5 00 

Nat.  Henchman  Davis, 25  00 

Cash, 1 00 

H.  H.  Tinker, 5 00 

M.  T.  Hough, 10  00 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Frazer, 50  00 

Dr.  P.  S.  Conner, 25  00 

N.  Ropes, 50  00 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  P.  Anderson, 100  00 

S.  W.  Smith, 25  00 

George  H.  Haldy, 10  00 

D.  W.  McClung, 20  00 

J.  H.  Bates, 30  00 

F.  B., 10  00 

Glaser,  Straus  & Co., 25  00 

Cash,  '. 1 00 

Miss  Clara  G.  Carlisle, 50  00 

Miss  Florence  Carlisle, 50  00 

L.  Van  Antwerp, 100  00 

Thomas  Cleneay, 20  00 

Rufus  King, 50  00 

Singer  Manufacturing  Co., 50  00 

Cash, 10  00 

Benjamin  Evans, 5 00 

P.  R.  Forteney, 5 00 

T.  T.  Haydock, 50  00 

J.  H.  Law,  Bros.  & Co., 200  00 

Spence  Bros.  & Co., 50  00 

J.  R.  Mills  & Co., 25  00 


Am’t  for’d, $23912  45 


CASH  RECEIPTS.  37 

Am’tfor’d, .$23,912  45 

H.  Rikhoff  & Co., 25  00 

Cash, 5 00 

Howell  Gano  & Co.,  50  00 

The  Charles  Stewart  Paper  Co., 100  00 

United  States  Express  Co., 250  00 

Alex.  McDonald  & Co., 100  00 

Cash, 8 00 

Master  George  H.  T.  Lane, 1 00 

Miss  Florence  B.  Lane, 1 00 

H.  M.  Lane, 10  00 

John  W.  Herron, 50  00 

J.  M.  French,  Jr.,  10  00 

Mrs.  E.  Ferguson, 1 00 

Cash, - 2 00 

Dr.  Millziner,  2 00 

E.  Millziner, 1 00 

Sayler  & Sayler, 25  00 

Judge  Von  Martels, 25  00 

A.  S.  Winslow,  50  00 

Employes  of  Mack,  Stadler  & Co. 

W.  C.  Miller, 1 00 

L.  S.  Wiler, 1 00 

B.  Westendorf, 1 00 

George  Neuber, 50 

J.  G.  Krebs, 50 

C.  Pfaukucker, 50 

H.  Meyer, 50 

H.  Harvey, ...  50 

M.  Beierlein,  50 

J.  Jeffers, 50 

B.  Burguding, # 25 

W.  Waterworth, 50 

M.  Ebel, 25 

Joseph  Neuber,  50 

Nicholas  Ollier, 50 

Louis  Krekler, 50 


Am’t  for’d, 


$24,637  45 


38 


TREASURER’  S REPORT. 


Am’t  for’d, $24,687  45 

P.  Mochler, 50 

A.  Huesman, 50 


James  George, 5 00 

Mrs.  Francis, . 2 00 

Cash, 5 00 

A Jolly  Crowd  at  Weilert’s, 13  50 

John  Keeshan, 25  00 

Mrs.  George  S.  Stearns, 50  00 

A Lady,  Wyoming,  O., 25  00 

A Friend  in  Avondale, 5 00 

Putnam,  Hooker  & Co., 50  00 

Cash, 10  00 

Weatherby,  Stevens  & Co., 25  00 

Germania  Insurance  Co., 100  00 

D.  B.  Meyer,  10  00 

Standard  Insurance  Co., 50  00 

Daniels,  Coombe  & Co., 25  00 

Peter  Rudolph  Neff, 100  00 

Cincinnati  Commercial  Gazette,  .......  100  00 

J.  H.  Clemmer,  10  00 

E.  W.  Cunningham, 50  00 

Alexander  Starbuck, 25  00 

William  Shaffer  & Son, 50  00 

The  A.  Erkenbrecher  Co., 100  00 

The  Stearns  & Foster  Co., 100  00 

Rt.  Rev.  Archbishop  Elder, 100  00 

James  Griffith  & Sons, 50  00 

H.  W.  Bemker,  10  00 

William  Harvey, 25  00 

Cincinnati  Times-Star, 50  00 

The  Lane  & Bodley  Co.,  . t 50  00 

George  F.  Davis  & Co., 25  00 

Hayward  & Hurd, 25  00 

George  Wilshire, 100  00 

Commercial  Insurance  Co., 100  00 

Hofflieimer  Bros., 50  00 


Am’t  for’d,  ........  $26,158  95 


CASH  RECEIPTS 


39 


Ain't  for’d, $26,158  95 

The  Taylor  & Faulkner  Manufacturing  Co.,  . . . 50  00 

William  J.  Dunlap, 50  00 

The  C.  Klein  Flour  and  Feed  Co., 25  00 

Rodgers,  Brown  & Co., 50  00 

H.  D.  Peck, 25  00 

Cash,  50  00 

Stewart  M.  Sedzell, 8 00 

Burnet  & Burnet, 50  00 

W.  C.  Hard, 10  00 

W.  D.  Freeman, 10  00 

Henry  Klap,  St.  Louis,  Mo., 50  00 

H.  Freidman,  5 00 

J.  S.  Serbe, 20  00 

Drexel  & Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa., 500  00 

Miss  Harbeson, 25  00 

Miss  Augusta  Harbeson, 25  00 

Charles  Dexter, 100  00 

Cash, 4 50 

Strobel  & Wilken, 25  00 

H.  Jonap, 15  00 

Gottlieb,  Straus  & Co., 5 00 

Bettman,  Bloom  & Co., 20  00 

Henry  Straus, 15  00 

Goldsmith,  Enneking  & Co., 10  00 

M.  Neuberger, 2 00 

Ormstein  & Rice,  .........  5 00 

M.  H.  Marks, 10  00 

Kahn,  Sturm  & Co.,  . 25  00 

Oppenheimer,  Straus  & Co., 10  00 

Cash,  1 00 

Jacob  N attar, 5 00 

George  Feder, 5 00 

Katzenstein  & Wachtel, 10  00 

H.  Enneking,  Hartkemeyer  & Co., 10  00 

Cohn  Bros.  & Co.,  . . . . . ...  25  00 

Wolfson  Bros.  & Co., 10  00 

Heilbrun,  Heldman  & Co., 10  00 


Am’t  for’d, 


. $27,429  45 


40  TREASURER' S REPORT. 

Ain’t  for’d, $27,429  45 

J.  B.  Schroder  & Co., 10  00 

Goodheart  Bros.  & Co.,  25  00 

Lewis  Wald  & Co., 25  00 

Kiefer  Bros.,  . . 10  00 

Wineman’s  Sons  & Co., 10  00 

May  Bros.  & Co.,. 10  00 

Silvester  & Strauss, 5 00 

Braehmann  & Massard, 10  00 

Law  & Gansel,  25  00 

Simon  Sturm, 10  00 

Cash,  1 00 

Philip  Adler, 1 00 

Max  Isaaes, 10  CO 

Grabfield,  Sickles  & Co., 10  00 

Brown,  Laufer  & Co., 10  00 

Baum  & Balz, 10  00 

Charles  Meis  & Co., 15  00 

Kosenfeld,  Kaufman  & Co., 5 00 

Liebman  & Schloss, 5 00 

Fred.  Myer  & Co., 10  00 

M.  Doob  & Bro., 5 00 

Jacobs  & Sachs, 10  00 

Mendel,  Berman  & Co., . 10  00 

Cash,  5 00 

Cash,  10  00 

Charles  N.  Morris, 25  00 

Hugh  Cook, 25  00 

Thirteenth  District  School, 31  15 

February  13th,  1884. 

H.  C.  Urner, 25  00 

J.  C.  Mackenzie, 25  00 

A Working  Woman, 1 00 

A Friend, 1 00 

Constance  Smith,  Avondale,  .......  5 00 

Dominick  & Dickerman,  New  York,  ......  200  00 

Proceeds  Sale  25  Bdls.  Batting,  donated  by  E.  H.  Appleton,  . 5 00 


Arn’t  for’d, 


$28,029  00 


CASH  RECEIPTS . 41 


Ara’t  for’d, $28,029  60 

B.  Veerkamp  & Sons, 25  00 

M.  S.  A 1 bray, 10  00 

Herman  Loeb  & Co.,  . 25  00 

Chas.  F.  McCann, . . . 10  00 

Emily  C.  Norton,  25  00 

E.  A.  Ferguson, 25  00 

Louis  Graeser,  ..........  5 00 

M.  Friedberger, 10  00 

H.  Tietig  & Bro., 25  00 

H.  Riedemann,  10  00 

G.  R.  Martin  & Sons 25  00 

Walter  St.  J.  Jones, 20  00 

Henry  Holroyd,  Newark,  N.  J., 25  00 

Kate  Price,  Glendale,  O., 2 00 

Robt.  Groenland  & Bro.,  . . . . . . . 5 00 

Miss  Laura  Seasongood, 50  00 

Benj.  Nelson, 25  00 

Dr.  David  Judkins, 25  00 

Jonathan  Ogden, 50  00 

H.  Lackman, 100  00 

M.  J.  Mack, 10  00 

Cash, 3 00 

Jas.  Wilde,  Jr.,  & Co., 20  00 

Rudolph  Wurlitzer  & Bro., 25  00 

Robt.  Blair, 5 00 

Cash, 1 00 

Philadelphia,  5 00 

Jno.  R.  Wright, 50  00 

Tho.  R.  Patterson, 10  00 

G.  H.  Muller, 5 00 

Jno.  F.  Wiltsee, 50  00 

J.  A.  Wiltsee, . 25  00 

G.  A.  Wiltsee, 10  00 

Dr.  Joseph  RansohofF, 20  00 

White  & Beck,  Atlanta,  Ga., 10  00 

Sam’l  Fehr,  . 10  00 

C.  T.  Webber, 5 00 


Am’t  for’d,  . 


$28,790  60 


42 


TREASURER'S  REPORT. 


Am’tfor’d, $28,790  60 

Hannah  C.  Smith, 5 00 

A.  A.  S., 3 00 

Cash, 1 00 

Cash, 2 00 

Ross,  Campbell  & Co.,  Baltimore,  Md., 50  00 

T.  L.  A.  Greve  & Bro., 15  00 

The  Evening  Chronicle,  St.  Louis,  Mo., 50  00 

W.  W.  Scarborough, 100  00 

Miss  Lilly  Acker  land, 1 00 

The  Favorite  Co., 25  00 

Jno.  Dickson, 50  00 

Chas.  Beitmann  & Co.,  . . . . . . . . . 25  00 

C.  F.  Bradley  & Co., 25  00 

Leroy  Brooks, 25  00 

Cash, 5 00 

Cash, 5 00 

C.  A.  Campbell, 5 CO 

Mrs.  Andrew  McCormick, 50  00 

Mrs.  H.  E.  Steine,  . . , 50  00 

Wm.  W.  Wilson,  Lebanon,  O., 5 00 

S.  R.  Doolittle  and  others,  Gam  bier,  O.,  . . . . . 13  00 

Perkins,  Campbell  & Co.,  30  00 

Foss  & Schneider,  Proceeds  sale  of  Beer  on  “Change/''  . 310.  00 

Teachers  of  Tenth  District  School, 24  00 

Pupils  of  Tenth  District  School, 12  00 

B.  Seinsheimer,  . . . . . . . . . 10  00 

F.  J.  Leavitt, 10  00 

Globe  Insurance  Co., . 100  00 

Wm.  H.  Davis  & Co., 20  00 

The  Jessups  & Moore  Paper  Co.,  New  York,  ....  300  00 

The  John  Van  Range  Co 50  00 

Cash, 2 00 

Henry  Hooper,  . . . . 10  00 

Robt.  C.  Georgi, 5 00 

Chas.  R.  Nevin 5 00 

Cash, 10  00 

Master  Louis  Blair’s  Savings  Bank, 2 50 


Am’tfor’d, $30,201  10 


CASH  RECEIPTS:  9 43 

Am’tfor’d, $30,201  10 

Mrs.  F.  L.  Taylor, 2 00 

W.  & J.  Sloan,  New  York,  500  00 

Relief  Committee  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  per  Drexel  & Co.,  . 2000  00 

Kobt.  W.  Hunt,  Troy,  N.  Y., 50  00 

Young,  Ladd  & Coffin,  New  York, 50  00 

Artists  and  Printers  of  the  Strobridge  Lithographing  Co.,  . 215  00 

Cash, 35 

Highland  Lodge  K.  P.  , 100  CO 

M iss  Blanche  Bennett,  .......  25  00 

Employes  of  Chas.  Davis  & Co., 33  00 

Aurora  Insurance  Co., 50  00 

Div.  No.  16,  Brotherhood  of  Locomotive  Engineers,  Gallion,  O..  50  00 

Fair  held  by  the  Little  Children  of  Albert  Netter,  . . 12  60 

Cash,  ............  3 00 

Singer  Manufacturing  Co.,  .......  50  00 

E.  E.  Miller, 10  00 

Peter  A.  White, 25  00 

Miami  Valley  Insurance  Co.,  .......  100  00 

G.  H.  Lounsbery,  . 15  00 

DeCamp,  Levoy  & Co., 50  00 

Farmers’  Insurance  Co., 50  00 

Reed  Bros.  & Co, 10  00 

Rudolph  Wurlitzer  & Bro.'(additional), 25  00 

J.  Trush, 10  00 

Germania  Fire  Insurance  Co.,  New  York,  ....  100  00 

Mosler  Safe  and  Lock  Co., 100  00 

Buchman  Bros.  & Co., 25  00 

F.  Strauss  & Co., 20  00 

Innes  & Co., 25  00 

T.  D.  Lincoln 50  00 

Powell  Crosley, 25  00 

Home  Life  Insurance  Co.,  . . . . . . . . 20  00 

Lea,  Sterrett  & Co., 25  00 

Misses  Hillebrand  and  Bardthauser,  50  00 

Cash, . 25  00 

J.  B.  Martin, ....  25  00 

G.  Henshaw  & Son, 25  CO 


Am’t  for’d, 


$34,152  05 


44  TREASURER' S REPORT. 


Ain’t  for'd, 

. $34,152  05 

Peter  Schneider, 

5 00 

V.  Herckelrath, 

50  00 

C.  E.  Kuersteiner, 

3 00 

J.  Wm,  Luhn  & Co., 

25  00 

F.  C.  Deckebach, 

. 25  00 

H.  A.  Richey, 

25  00 

J.  R.  Blair, ‘ 

10  00 

Cash,  . . . • 

5 00 

E.  E.  Townley, 

. 20  00 

C.  M.  Holloway,  . . . * . . 

25  00 

Hr.  T.  C.  Thorpe, 

. 25  00 

Thorpe  & Lloyd  Bros.,  . . . 

50  00 

Isaac  Bloch, 

. 10  00 

J.  P.  Gay  & Co., 

50  00 

Citizens  of  Hartwell, 

. 100  00 

C.  Kinsinger,  Assignee, 

50  00 

A.  W, 

1 00 

The  Wells  & Hope  Co.,  Philadelphia, 

100  00 

Chas.  Smith, 

. 10  00 

Mrs.  T.  T.  Gaff,  

10  00 

Miss  H.  F.  Ellis, 

5 00 

Estate  of  Jas.  W.  Gaff, 

100  00 

H.  K.  Este, 

. 25  oo 

F.  A.  Schmidt, 

10  00 

Merchants  and  Manufacturers’  Ins.  Co., 

. 100  00 

Julius  Dexter,  . 

1000  00 

Foss  & Schneider, 

. 100  00 

Dr.  B.  Tauber, 

10  00 

E.  Laralde, 

. 10  00 

Jos.  L.  Hall, 

100  00 

Chas.  Bonsall  & Son, 

. 25  00 

E.  Grasselli  & Co., 

50  00 

J.  0.  Shiras, 

. 15  00 

John  B.  Drake,  Chicago,  111.,  . 

100  00 

C.  P.  Huntington,  New  York, 

. 1000  00 

Otto  Rauchfuss  & Co.,  . . 

25  00 

Eighth  District  School, 

. 14  31 

Am’t  for’d, 

. . $3 <,440  36 

CASH  RECEIPTS.  45 


Am't  for’d, $37,440  36 

Howard  & Son,  Providence,  R.  I., 100  00 

Peter  F.  Tunison, 10  00 

Cash, 1 00 

J.  H.  Harris,  5 00 

February  14th,  1884. 

R.  B.  Hayes,  Fremont,  O., 100  00 

North-western  Lodge  No.  296,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  . . . . 100  00 

M.  Ottinger, 25  00 

W.  W.  Wallace, 5 00 

Miss  Maud  Cro;by, 2 00 

Graf,  Morsbach  & Co., 25  00 

Mrs.  Kate  P.  Leaman, 50  00 

Henrichson  Bros.,  .........  5 00 

City  of  Lebanon,  O.,  500  00 

George  Bewley, 10  00 

Queen  City  Printing  Co.,  50  00 

Dr.  N.  P.  Dandridge, 20  05 

Wm.  McAlpin 25  00 

Campbell’s  Creek  Coal  Co., 100  00 

Cigar  Packers’  Protective  Union, 50  00 

Pitman  & Howard, 25  00 

Dr.  Gustavus  Bruhl,  25  00 

Mrs.  M.  E.  Cooper, 20  00 

Isaac  Winkler, 10  00 

L.  Katzenberger, 5 00 

Dr.  J.  Ebersole, 10  00 

Cash, 5 00 

Mrs.  Sarah  Kiefer, 10  00 

W.  L.  Thompson,  5 00 

Wm.  Gibson, 50  00 

Cincinnati  Insurance  Co., 100  00 

Mrs.  Charles  Woodward,  25  00 

The  Favorite  Smokers’  Association, 10  00 

White’s  Golden  Lubricator  Co., 100  00 

Rev.  Alex.  H.  Young,  Newton,  N.  J., 25  00 

The  Corporation  of  Reading,  O., 100  00 


Am’t  for’d, $39,153  36 


46 


TREASURER'  S REPORT, 


Ain’t  for’d, $39,153  36 

Two  Ladies, 1 50 

Madame  Valleria  Hutchinson,  . . . . . . 50  00 

Alms  & Doepkc, 100  00 

Frank  Alter, 100  00 

Dr.  Wm.  B.  Davis, 10  00 

James  L.  Ruffin, 50  00 

B.  Trum  & Son, 25  00 

Dave  and  Jake  Friend, 10  00 

Albert  Kuhn, 10  00 

Wm,  Hooper, 100  00 

N.  Y.  Underwriters,  composed  of  Hanover  and  Cit.  Ins.  Cos.,  . 100  00 

Cash  for  Grease  sold  at  Second  District  School,  ...  6 20 

Royer  Wheel  Co.,  100  00 

W.  F.  Trent  Justis, . 1 00 

W.  A.  Goodman, . . 25  00 

Bateman  & Harper, 15  00 

A Friend, 4 00 

Western  Insurance  Co., 100  00 

Miss  Mattie  Rosenberg,  Chicago,  111., 10  00 

Wm.  Goodall, 75  00 

Lewis  Yoight  & Son,  25  00 

Cash,  5 00 

Gibson  & Krouse, 10  00 

Balz,  Finn  & Co., 25  00 

Jacob  Kronacher, 10  00 

Fred.  Rauh  & Co., 100  00 

HStna  Insurance  Co., 100  00 

A.  C.  Schuberth  & Co., 20  00 

George  Fisher, . 10  00 

S.  Levi  & Bro.,  50  00 

Cash, 5 00 

A.  Hirsch, 10  00 

Oberhelman  & Steinkamp, 10  00 

A.  H.  Seinsheimer, 10  00 

Philip  Phillips, 10  CO 

Lewis  Davis,  ..........  20  00 

H ight  Printers  of  Strobridge  Lithographing  Co.,  . . 27  50 


$40,493  56 


Am’t  for’d, 


CASH  RECEIPTS.  47 


Am’t  for’d, .$40,493  56 

Cash,  . ...  . . . . . . . 5 00 

Douglass  Lodge  No.  21,  K.  P., 50  00 

Clark  Montgomery, 25  00 

Weidler  & Allen 50  00 

J.  H.  Rogers, 50  00 

Feehheimer  & Amberg, 10  00 

J.  L.  Wayne,  Agent, 15  00 

Louis  N.  Ritz, 10  00 

Gibson,  Wettstein  & Co., 15  00 

Joseph  W.  Wayne,  . . . . . . . . 25  00 

John  Zimmerman,  .........  5 00 

C.  E.  Brockman, 5 00 

G.  A.  Roberg, 10  00 

Enterprise  Insurance  Co., 100  00 

Golden  Eagle  Clothing  Co., 25  00 

G.  B.  S.,  10  00 

Abey'S.  Feehheimer,  ........  50 

Employes  of  Louis  Stix  & Co., 24  00  . 

Cash,  Colorado, . 5 00 

Von  Seggern,  Phares  & Dewald, 25  00 

Miller,  Dickerson  & Co., 25  00 

Hale,  Justis  & Co.,  . • 50  00 

Mrs.  Muscroft,  . 5 00 

Pupils  of  Tenth  District  School,  . . . . . 4 50 

Benj.  Urner,  Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  25  00 

Mrs.  C.  H.  Keith, 10  ('0 

Miss  Stella  Keith, 1 00 

Stanley  Keith, 1 00 

Collected  by  Mrs.  Isaac  Herrman  and  Mrs.  W.  B.  Thomas,  of 

Ladies  of  Walnut  Hills, 19  00 

The  J.  M.  Brunswick  & Baike  Co.  (additional),  . . . 50  00 

Mrs.  J.  M.  Brunswick, 25  00 

Calerdine  Bros., 25  00 

Cash,  “II,”  for  Blankets, 100  00 

Phoenix  Benevolent  Smoking  Casino,  . . . . • 25  00 

Stephen  Richards, 20  00 

W.  J.  M.  Gordon,  25  00 


Am’t  for’d, 


$41,368  56 


48 


TREASURER' S REPORT. 


Ain’t  for’d, • $41,368  56 

Louis  Reemelin, 10  00 

Louis  Hoffmeister, 5 00 

The  Bradstreet  Co., 50  00 

Mrs.  Theresa  Hirsch, 1 00 

Mrs.  D.  E.  Jackson, 10  00 

A Little  Girl, 50 

Cash,  50  00 

Achert  & Co., 30  00 

Marvin,  Preston  & Co.,  Detroit,  Mich., • 10  00 

Mrs.  E.  P.  Vater,  1 00 

Elias  Longley, 4 00 

Crescent  Pottery  Co.,  Trenton,  N.  J., 50  00 

Jacoby  & Co.,  New  York  City, 50  00 

E.  S.  Bates, 100  00 

Wm.  H.  Harrison, 100  00 

Harff  & Cramer, 25  00 

N.  G.  Olds  & Sons,  Port  Wayne,  Ind., 100  00 

A.  Pluemer  & Co., 25  00 

Clestino,  Palacio  & Co.,  New  York, 50  00 

Mrs.  Ellen  M.  Pike,  New  York  City,  . . . . . 100  00 

M.  Warth,  20  00 

Miss  Mary  J.  Perin,  . 100  00 

Clifford  Perin, 25  00 

Nelson  Perin, 25  00 

Frank  L.  Perin, 25  00 

M.  H.  Rochester, 5 00 

W.  H.  Rickey, 5 00 

T.  T.  Haydock  (additional), 50  00 

Solomon  May, 25  00 

The  Thomas  Gibson  Co., 25  00 

Western  German  Bank,  ........  25  00 

Charles  Stewart, 10  00 

The  Gerke  Brewing  Co., 100  00 

The  John  Hauck  Brewing  Co., 100  00 

J.  R.  Brown  & Co., 25  00 

Lewis  G.  Hopkins, 25  00 

Alex.  Swift, 50  00 


Am’t  for’d, $42,780  06 


CASH  RECEIPTS.  49 


Am’t  for’d,  $42,780  06 

Geo.  H.  Pendleton, 100  00 

Pine  & Osborn,  25  00 

J.  M.  McCullough’s  Sons, 25  00 

George  S.  Gray, 25  00 

Cash,  for  Newport,  Ky.,  . . . . . . 25  00 

A.  C.  Horton, 25  00 

C.  W.  West • . . 100  00 

Joseph  S.  Hill, 25  00 

Robert  H.  Kellogg, 15  00 

George  McLaughlin, 20  00 

Firemen’s  Insurance  Co., 100  00 

The  Cincinnati  Bell  Telephone  Co., 100  00 

Eighth  District  School, 5 83 

Ivanhoe  Council  Royal  No.  284, 50  00 

C.  P.  Modoc, 5 00 

William  E.  Strong,  New  York, 100  00 

J.  L.  Stettinius,  Jr., 5 00 

Meyers,  Gibbs  & Co., 25  00 

H.  P.  Gravatt, 10  00 

February  ISth,  1884 

Russell,  Morgan  & Co., 100  00 

Sarah  E.  Patterson, 50  00 

Werner  Gees, 

Wm.  Robinson,  >- Committee  from  Morrow,  O.,  . . . 100  00 

A.  D.  Harvey,  J 

R.  Lanning  Hutchins,  Paola,  Kan.,  . . . . . 10  00 

Jas.  W.  Sims, 5 00 

The  “ Willing  Workers,”  Little  Children,  Lebanon,  O.,  .5  00 

H.  Warner  Terry,  Newcastle,  Ind.,  ......  15  00 

Employes  of  The  Gordon  & Maxwell  Co.,  Hamilton,  O..  . . 66  25 

Robt.  Hosea, 25  00 

Miss  Ida  E.  Murdock, 5 00 

D.  Zenner,  10  00 

Sullivan  Bros., 15  00 

Jacob  Frohman, 5 00 

Glendale  Female  College,  . 55  00 


Am’t  for’d, $44,031  64 


50 


TREASURER’ S REPORT. 


Am’t  for’d,  . $44,031  64 

F.  B.  Ollendick, 5 00 

E.  J.  Fullman, 1 00 

G.  Herder, 8 00 

F.  W.  Handy, 50  00 

Mrs.  Charles  E.  Wilson,’ 25  00 

Miss  J.  D.  Johnston 20  00 

Champion  Machine  Co.,  of  Springfield,  O.,  ....  200  00 

City  of  Lima,  O., 500  00 

John  B.  Gibson,  100  00 

Lauretta  B.  Gibson, 100  00 

Council  of  Mason,  O.,  . . 150  00 

F.  11.  Worldey, 5 00 

Ladies’  Society  of  Relief,  Mechanicsburg,  O.,  . . . . 30  00 

Alex.  Metzger,  Indianapolis,  Ind., 5 00 

Thomas  H.  Wright, 10  00 

Anna  Delaney,  Dayton,  O., 50 

S.  Steele,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

Jake  Yealey,  Dayton,  O., 25 

F.  Stahl,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

Horaa  Most,  Dayton,  O , 60 

G.  W.  Hartzell,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

F.  Aldrich,  Dayton,  0 1 50 

W.  Warwick,  Dayton,  O.,  .......  1 00 

J.  Zufang,  Dayton,  O.,  . . 1 '00 

W.  Brown,  Dayton,  O.,  1 00 

C.  Bolneldt,  Dayton,  ()., 1 00 

R.  L.  Brown,  Dayton,  ().,  . 50 

J.  C.  Wright,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

J.  E.  Whalen,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

C.  W.  Ilinman,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

J.  J.  Smith,  Jr.,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

J.  Smith,  Jr.,  Dayton,  O., 50 

Joe  Hatton,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

Charles  Mautz,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

H.  Mullens,  Dayton,  O.,  1 50 

E.  Brennan,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

Mary  Snyder,  Dayton,  ()., 50 


Am’t  for’d, $45,260  49 


CASH  RECEIPTS. 


51 


Ain’t  for’d, $45,260  49 

L.  D.  Carter,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

H.  Meyer,  Dayton,  0 1 00 

C.  Wright,  Dayton,  O.,  . . 50 

A.  Hockersmith,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

William  Lee,  Dayton,  ()., 65 

W.  Welsch,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

W.  Charlton,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

C.  Rankins,  Dayton,  ().,  ........  1 50 

Minnie  Yealey,  Dayton,  O., 50 

Fred.  Allen,  Dayton,  O., 65 

J.  Kirby,  Jr.,  Dayton,  O., 10  CO 

C.  H.  Raymond,  Dayton,  O., 5 00 

J.  Mogel,  Dayton,  O., 25 

J.  D.  Scarawada,  Dayton,  O., 3 00 

John  Page,  Dayton,  O., 5 00 

Philip  Yoe,  Dayton,  O.,  3 25 

J.  A.  Savage,  Dayton,  O., 3 75 

R.  Ditzel,  Dayton,  O 3 00 

Joseph  Wilson,  Dayton,  O., 2 50 

J.  Heinerich,  Dayton,  O.,  . . . * . . . 1 00 

F.  B.  Keith,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

J.  Scheck.  Dayton,  ()., 3 00 

J.  Breeder,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

A.  Blatter,  Dayton,  O., 2 00 

H.  O’Neil,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

D.  MedkifF,  Dayton,  O., 3 50 

R.  Jenkins,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

J.  O'Leavy,  Dayton,  O., 2 00 

F.  Steuden,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

C.  Ventrel,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

E.  R.  Jackson,  Dayton,  O., 3 00 

C.  Wilson,  Dayton,  O., 75 

'J.  A.  Whalen,  Dayton,  O., 1 0Q 

S.  Ladd,  Dayton,  O.,  1 00 

L.  W.  Brown,  Dayton,  O., 2 00 

Joseph  Rench,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

Wm.  Thompson,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 


Am’t  for’d, $45,332  29 


52 


TREASURER’S  REPORT. 


Am’t  for’d, $45,332  29 

C.  Kidney*  Dayton,  0., 50 

J.  Ketchum,  Dayton,  O., 50 

J.  Huber,  Dayton,  O.,  ........  25 

John  Martin,  Dayton,  O., 60 

E.  Stewart,  Dayton,  O., . 2 50 

0.  Colton,  Dayton,  O., 3 50 

Gus.  Roberts,  Dayton,  O., 50 

Anton  Wonke,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

T.  B.  Anspon,  Dayton,  O.. 50 

William  Kohoe,  Dayton,  O., 50 

F.  Bowen,  Dayton,  O.,  . 2 00 

S.  Winkler,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

Kate  Oliphant,  Dayton,  O., 50 

C.  M.  Moore 25  00 

Ohio  State  Commission,  for  outside  relief,  ....  15,000  00 

Hilb  & Bauer,  ...  - 10  00 

A.  Friend,  Terre  Haute,  Ind.,  25  00 

L.  Hill,  New  York  City, 25  00 

L.  Denghauser, 10  00 

Thomas  J.  Pope  & Bro.,  Hew  York  City,  . . . . 50  00 

Employes  of  Howell  Gano  & Co., 19  00 

Richard  Woolley  & Sons, 150  00 

Edith  E.  Rowe, 27 

C.  E.  Holley, . . 2 50 

Equitable  Insurance  Co., 100  00 

B.  T.  Dale,  Bond  Hill,  O., 5 00 

Mrs.  B.  T.  Dale,  Bond  Hill,  O., 1 00 

I.  Sellew,  Bond  Hill,  O. 1 00 

Miss  Sellew,  Bond  Hill,  O., 2 00 

Mrs.  O.  Perrin,  Bond  Hill,  O., 1 00 

Harry  Hoople,  Bond  Hill,  O.. 1 00 

John  Ferris,  Bond  Hill,  ().,  . 1 00 

Cash,  Bond  Hill,  O., 5 5(/ 

Cash,  Bond  Hill,  O., 2 00 

H.G.  Morse,  Youngstown,  O., 10  00 

A few  Employes  of  the  John  Shillito  Co.,  . . . . 38  00 

O’Keene  Bros.,  Lynn,  Mass,, 50  00 


Am’t  for’d, $60,880  41 


CASH  RECEIPTS.  53 


Am’t  for’d,  $60,880  41 

H.  A.  Heister,  ..........  5 00 

William  Miller,  . . • 25  00 

Collections  by  Lula  C.  Meyer,  Wyoming,  ().,  . . 11  10 

H.  G.  Roelker,  . . . . ’ 25  00 

Mrs.  B.  Stern, 25  00 

Fleischmann  & Co.,  New  York  City,  .....  500  00 

A.  Heiberg, 5 00 

H.  S.  Chamberlain,  Chairman  Belief  Com.,  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  1,500  00 

Guests  and  Employes  of  Farmers’  Hotel, 16  60 

Miss  Sarah  Ottinger, 5 00 

Miss  Emma  Ottinger, 3 00 

S.  M.  Carpenter,  Cleveland,  O., 100  00 

H.  Schwab  & Bro., 15  00 

J.  A.  Henochsberg, 5 00 

C.  B.  Parcells,  San  Francisco,  Cal., 50  00 

Presbyterian  Church,  Morrow,  O., 15  00 

Citizens  of  Greensburgh,  Pa.,  through  B.  Colter,  . . . 237  50 

Wm.  Glenn  & Sons  (additional), 100  00 

Jno.  J.  Regan, 5 00 

F.  Johnson, 1 00 

Edward  Matthews,  Zanesville,  O., 50  00 

The  Windisch  Muhlhauser  Brewing  Co.,  ....  200  00 

The  Nonotuck  Silk  Co., 100  00 

W.  W.  Taylor, 25  00 

D.  Arnheim  & Co.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  . . . . . 25  00 

Members  of  New  York  Stpck  Exchange,  ....  2,000  00 

Teachers  and  Pupils  of  White  & Syke’s  School,  Walnut  Hills,  . 43  50 

Cash, 5 00 

Dr.  T.  A.  Reamy, 25  00 

Warren  Buckner,  .........  5 00 

Maddux  Bros., 25  00 

Simon  & Heuseman,  .........  25  00 

Sun  Mutual  Insurance  Co.,  ........  100  00 

Nathan  Drucker  & Co., 25  00 

Cash, 10  00 

Eagle  Insurance  Co., 50  00 

Wainright  Brewing  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo., 100  00 


Am’t  for’d,  $66,343  11 


54 


TREASURER'S  REPORT. 


Am’t  for’d, . $66,343  11 

William  Young,  . . . . 15  00 

Cash, 15  00 

Louis  Newburgh, 25  00 

Wm.  Sumner  & Co.,  50  00 

L.  Newburger  & Bro., 25  00 

Cash,  . 5 00 

Mrs.  J.  L., 10  00 

Sherlock  Johnston, 3 00 

Robin  Johnston,  ..........  1 00 

Bobbie  Johnston, 1 00 

Parrott  Varnish  Co.,  Bridgeport  Conn., 100  00 

Chicago  Varnish  Co.,  Chicago,  111., 25  00 

Mrs.  Cecelia  llentz, 2->  00 

J.  E.  Lapp, 25  00 

D.  Wachman, 25  00 

R.  E.  Dunlap, 10  00 

Schmidt  & Bro., 25  00 

Southern  Transportation  Co..  .......  100  00 

Joseph  F.  Mills,  25  00 

Charlie  C.  Black  more,  ........  1 00 

Thos.  Emery’s  Sons, 100  00 

F.  Sandman  & Co., 20  00 

Union  Central  Life  Insurance  Co.,  . . . . . 100  00 

The  John  Kaufman  Brewing  Co-, 100  00 

J.  G.  Wellman,  . 5 00 

Eighth  District  School, 8 15 

Fred.  Pfiester 5 00 

Alfred  Friedlander, 1 00 

Edgar  Friedlander,  .........  1 00 

Walter  Friedlander, . 1 00 

C.  B.  W., . 10  00 

J.  C.  Wagner 10  00 

Cash, 2 00 

George  A.  Clarke  & Bro.,  New  York  City,  ....  1,000  00 

John  Huff, 10  00 

Richard  Hopple, 100  00 

Mary  A.  Dodge,  Washington,  D.  C., 20  00 


Am’t  for’d, $68,347  26 


CASH  RECEIPTS. 


Ain’t  for’d, $08,347  26 

F.  Helfferioh  & Sons, 25  00 

H.  B.  Bugle  & Sons,  Ocean  Grove,  N.  J 5 00 

German  Mutual  Insurance  Co., 150  00 

Antioch  College,  Yellow  Springs,  O., 27  25 

L.  A.  llussell,  Cleveland,  O., 11  00 

Miriam  Bussell,  Cleveland,  O., 11 

Keene  Bros.,  Lynn,  Mass., 50  00 

First  District  School, 51  70 

February  16th,  1884. 

II.  H.  Rowe  & Co.,  Madison,  O., . 51  00 

F.  W.  Pierce, 5 00 

A.  B.  Whitney,  Tiffin,  O., 100 

George  McKee,  Lathrope,  Mo., 5 00 

Mrs.  John  H.  CofTing,  Van  Deusenville,  Mass.,  . . . . 100  00 

City  of  Bellefontaine,  O.,  . . . . . . . 300  00 

Willie  Sheridan  Callahan, 1 00 

The  Kirk  Cadets,  of  Lima,  ()., 250  00 

Mrs.  Lewis  Mayer, 10  00 

M.  Marbleston,  10  00 

H.  II.  Barnes, 5 00 

Employes  of  Henry  L.  Fry,  . . . . . . 10  00 

Follett,  Hyman  & Kelley, 25  00 

Matthew  Bj'an,  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  . . . . . 100  00 

Proceeds  of  Sale  of  Grease  at  Soup  House,  192  W.  Sixth  St.,  . 14  78 

Relief  Committee  of  West  Millerslmrg,  ().,  . . . . 11  50 

Mack,  Stadler  & Co., 50)  0 

Herman  Mack,  . . . 15  00 

Mrs.  Herman  Mack,  . . . . . . . . 10  00 

Felix  Samson,  New  York  City, 50  00 

Received  through  Commercial  Gazette,  .....  290  49 

J.  S.  Falls,  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 10  00 

Grand  Opera  House  Orchestra,  . . . . . . 20  00 

Detroit  Evening  News,  Detroit,  through  Evening  Post,  Cin.,  O.,  50  00 

Employes  of  J.  B.  Peebles’  Sons,  Walnut  Hills,  through  Even- 
ing Post,  Cincinnati,  32  50 

John  E.  Bell, 25  00 


Am’t  for’d,  . 


$70,125  59 


56  TREASURER'S  REPORT. 


Am’t  far’d, $70,125  59 

Agnes  Carey 1 00 

R.  H.  Bennett,  Mayor  of  Mason,  O., 51  00 

Boys’  Branch  Y.  M.  C.  A., 3 50 

W.  B.  Wheeler,  Eleventh  District  School, 33  00 

Employes  of  The  John  Shillito  Co.  (additional),  ...  3 35 

Klein  Bros.  & Hyman, 25  00 

j.  C.  Platt,  Scranton,  Pa., 10  00 

John  L.  Harris,  Winona,  Minn., 5 00 

R.  F.  Simmonds,  Attleboro  Falls,  Mass.,  ....  100  00 

Cash, 2 00 

Wm.  A.  Stewart,  New  York  City, 25  00 

Catherine  L.  Anderson, 200  00 

N.  L.  Anderson, 100  00 

Mrs.  W.  J.  Flagg,  100  00 

N.  Longworth, 200  00 

I.  F.  Pollard,  St.  Louis,  Mo., 5 00 

Walnut  Hills  Baptist  Church,  Walnut  Hills,  ....  25  00 

W.  S.  Burns,  Bath,  N.  Y., 100  00 

Thirteenth  District  School  (additional), 6 00 

Charles  M.  Pfeifer, 5 00 

Cash,  1 00 

KrofFt  Holmes  Grocery  Co., 50  00 

Claflin  & Thayer,  Boston,  Mass., 50  00 

R.  & J.  Plaut, 10  00 

Germania  Insurance  Company,  of  New  York  City,  . 100  00 

Firemen^s  Insurance  Co.,  . . . . . . 50  00 

Michigan  Fire  and  Marine  Insurance  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich.,  . 25  00 

Citizens  of  Oxford,  O.,  207  25 

H.  H.  Devenny,  10  00 

The  F.  F.  Adams  Co.  and  Employes, 176  82 

Thomas  D.  Foster,  Ottumwa,  Iowa, 30  00 

Cincinnati  Volksblatt  Co., 100  00 

Clifford  Baking  Co.,  Clarksville,  Mo., 50  00 

J.  Hampden  liobb,  New  York  City, 100  00 

Middletown  Relief  Fund,  by  C.  N.  Wardlow,  . . 100  00 

James  M.  Potter, 25  00 

Twenty-third  District  School,  Corryville,  . . . . 70  00 


Am’t  far’d. 


. $72,280  51 


CASH  RECEIPTS. 


57 


Ain’t  for’d,  $72,280  51 

William  Means, 100  00 

Germania  Life  Insurance  Co.,  New  York  City,  . 100  00 

The  Phoenix  Insurance  Co., 100  00 

Timothy  E.  McGarr,  Utica,  N.  Y., 10  00 

Michie  Bros., 25  00 

Louise  Karger, 

Rosa  Kaufman,  v Three  Little  Girls’  Collection,  . . 21  62 

Fanny  Mack,  j 

Printing,  Book,  Paper,  and  Kindred  Trades,  Chicago,  HI.,  1,200  00 
Louis  Rosin,  . . . . . . . . . . 10  00 

Mrs.  Louis  Rosin,  .........  5 00 

Minnie  Rosin, 1 00 

Ida  Rosin, 1 00 

Helen  Rosin, 1 00 

May  Rosin, 1 00 

Lulu  Rosin, 1 00 

Simons  & Drummond,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  . . . . . 10  00 

Elam  Johnson  Sons  & Co.,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  . . . . 10  00 

Young  Ladies  of  Mt.  Auburn  Institute, 20  32 

Cash,  from  a Stranger,  ........  5 00 

Dr.  James  E.  Hyndman, 10  00 

A.  R.  B.,  Boston,  Mass., 1 00 

H.  Easter,  Sewanee,  Tenn., 5 00 

J.  H.  Brunnel  & Co.,  New  York  City, 250  00 

Rochester  Axle  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  11  69 

Mayer,  Son  & Co., 10  00 

A.  H.  Leitch,  Columbus,  O., 10  00 

J.  & D.  L.  Snyder,  Springfield,  0 50  00 

W.  Hildreth,  Lock,  O., 10  00 

Cincinnati  Enquirer, ' . 100  00 

Alfred  Field  & Co.,  New  York  City, 100  00 

N.  B.  Ream  and  N.  S.  Jones,  Chicago,  111.,  ....  500  00 

Cash, 10  00 

Thomas  Porter,  Jr., 5 00 

J.  N.  McConnel,  Mayor,  Beatrice,  Neb., 25  00 

Hamilton  Club  of  Young  Ladies,  Hamilton,  ().,  ...  2 10 

Somebody, 10  00 


Am’t  for’d, $75,012  24 


58 


TREASURER’ S REPORT, 


Am’t  for’d, $75,012  24 

February  18th,  1884. 

Friend,  from  Stone  Lake,  Iowa, 10  00 

Alex.  W.  Meigs,  Philadelphia, 25  00 

Cash,  7 00 

Pitton  Bros., 25  00 

M.  Heister,  Jr." 15  00 

Leon  Tender,  Baltimore,  Md., 10  00 

V.  Duttenhofer, 10  00 

Miss  Frank  Hall, 25  00 

Boarders,  11  00 

Anderson  Deaf  Mute  Society, 10  00 

Ardieu  Reinbeck, 1 00 

Warren,  Fuller  & Lange,  New  York  City, 50  00 

Williams  & Co., 25  00 

J.  W.  Levy,  Sherman,  Texas, 5 00 

Simon  Liz,  Sherman,  Texas, 5 00 

Detroit  Evening  News  Collection,  Detroit.,  Mich,  through  Even- 
ing Post,  Cincinnati,  O., 75  00 

C.  H.  Swigett, 5 00 

Gen.  A.  Beckwith,  for  Mattresses  furnished  to  U.  S.  Gov.,  . 87  50 

Mills  & Spellmire  Manufacturing  Co., 20  00 

Mallory  & Barker, 25  00 

South  worth  Paper  Co.,  Mitteneague,  Mass.,  . . . 50  00 

Division  No.  95  Brotherhood  Locomotive  Engineers,  . . 50  00 

Wilferborce  University,  near  Xenia,  O., 7 00 

Allen  Temple,  A.  M.  E.  Church, 21  00 

Donation  from  Cumminsville,  . . . . . . 8 50 

Baltimore  and  Ohio  Express  Co., 500  00 

Mound  Street  Temple  Sabbath  School  Children,  . . 38  00 

Charles  P.  Cassilly,  New  York  City, 200  00 

Joseph  Justice,  Mayor  of  Ottawa,  O., 54  50 

Thomas  W.  Yardley,  Troy,  N.  Y., 10  00 

Amzi  McGill,  Groesbeck,  O., 15  00 

Russell,  Burdsall  & Ward,  New  York  City,  ....  200  00 

Jareicki  Manufacturing  Co.  and  Employes,  Erie,  Pa.,  . . 120  00 

A.  F.  Evans,  San  Francisco,  Cal., 150  00 


Am’t  for’d, $76,872  74 


CASH  RECEIPTS.  59 

Ain't  for’d, $76,872  74 

Little  Baptist  Mission,  Harrison  Street  Colored  Children,  . . 1 50 

American  Legion  of  Honor,  Titusville,  Pa.,  . . . 10  00 

Carroll  & Powell,  St.  Louis  Mo.,  25  00 

Old  Cincinnatian,  Asheville,  N.  C., 9 98 

Citizens  of  Harvey sburg,  O., 20  00 

C.  A.  Worthington,  Colchester,  Conn., 25  00 

A.  S.  Lazarus  & Co.,  New  York  City, 25  00 

Leggett  & Meyers  Tobacco  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  . . . 300  00 

F.  Schultz,  New  York  City, 500  00 

The  John  Shillito  Co.  (additional), 100  00 

Louise  and  Eddie  Halsted,  Avondale, 10  00 

A.  W.  Goldsmith, . . 5 00 

Dr.  Joseph  Aub, . . 25  00 

Little  Della  Aub, 1 00 

Fourth  District  School,  by  Dr.  Aub, 10  00 

Samuel  L.  Fuller,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich., 5 00 

Henry  Landefeld-,  Monongahela,  Pa,  . . . . . 10  00 

David  C.  Smaller,  Plainfield,  N.  J., 8 00 

Edith  Stone,  New  York  City, 10  00  „ 

Emma  Stone,  New  York  City, 10  00 

Margot  Stone,  New  York  City., 10  00 

Dr.  James  Eichberg, 10  00 

J.  A.  Manns,  Clarksville,  Mo., 5 00 

Max  Wocher  & Son, 85  00 

P.  J.  Graham,  Worcester,  Mass., 1 00 

Clark  Underwood,  Worcester,  Mass., 1 00 

Isaac  Franks,  Worcester,  Mass., 5 00 

Charles  Moers,  Worcester,  Mass.,  . . . . . 5 00 

J.  H.  Bartholomew,  Ansonia,  Conn., 10  00 

Naugatuck  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Ansonia,  Conn.,  ...  10  00 

Contributions  in  Box  Circulated  at  Fair,  Ansonia,  Conn.,  . . 13  50 

Proceeds  of  Matinee  at  Ansonia,  Conn.,  . . . . 66  50 

Cunningham,  Curtis  & Co., 20  00 

Solomon  Martin, 5 00 

Fourth  Opera  Festival  Relief  Fund  Concert,  held  in  Music  Hall, 

Sunday  afternoon,  February  17th,  1884,  . . . 6,170  14 

R.  Hoe  & Co.,  New  York  City, 1,000  00 


Am’t  for’d, $85,350  36 


60 


TREASURER'S  REPORT. 


Am’t  for’d,  . $85,350  36 

D.  Trainer  & Sons,  Pa.,  Proceeds  of  Sale  of  Ticking,  donated,  . 86  60 

George  A.  Bowen,  Proceeds  of  Sale  of  Stained  Glass  Fire  Screen,  25  00 
Pine  & Osborn,  Proceeds  of  Sale  of  Stained  Glass  Fire  Screen, 

redonated, 25  00 

A Lady — Proceeds  of  Sale  of  a Mantel  Lambrequin,  . 10  00 

A Lady — Proceeds  of  Sale  of  Hand-painted  Blotters,  . 2 50 

Freeman,  the  Perfumer,  Proceeds  of  Sale  of  Two  Bottles  of 

Cologne, 15  00 

Cash,  Proceeds  of  Sale  of  “The  Penn.  Gazette,”  1750,  . . 11  00 

Cash,  Proceeds  of  Sale  of  “ The  Penn.  Gazette,”  . . . .5  50 

Employes  of  Great  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Tea  Co.,  viz — 

Charles  Storey,  5 00 

George  Storey,  .........  2 00 

Maggie  Storey,  . . 2 00 

William  Storey, 1 00 

Mary  Storey, 2 00 

S.  B.  Harris, . 2 00 

G.  D.  Jobe,  2 00 

G.  W.  Reed, 1 00 

Dena  Mack, 2 00 

H^nry  Shafer, 2 00 

Katie  Rodgers, 1 00 

Anthony  Clauss, 2 00 

C.  C.  Startzman, 2 00 

Adam  Schoefer, 1 00 

F.  A.  H., . . 2 00 

H.  B.  Sander, 2 00 

J.  L.  Kelley, 2 00 

Doran  ’&  Smith,  Le  Sueur,  Minn., 25  00 

Samuel  Insull,  New  York  City, 25  00 

Cash,  Found  on  Floor  of  Merchants’  Exchange,  ...  10 

A.  L.  Webb  & Son,  Baltimore,  Md., 50  00 

Mary  Sutherland  Taylor,  2 50 

Annie  Stuart  Taylor, 2 50 

The  Christian  Moerlein  Brewing  Co., 100  00 

F.  H.  Bowles  & Co.,  Boston,  Mass.,  . . . . • 25  00 

A.  Schultze  & Co.,  Baltimore,  Md.,  10  00 


$85,804  06 


Am’t  for’d 


CASH  RECEIPTS 


61 


Am’t  far’d, $85,804  06 

M.  H.  Fagin,  10  00 

Unknown,  ..........  2 00 

Subscriptions  of  Various  Wall  Paper  Manufacturers  of  the 
United  States,  through  Holmes  & Morton,  viz. — 

M.  H.  Berge  & Sons,  Buffalo,  N.  Y., 100  00 

R.  S.  Hobbs  & Co.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 100  00 

F.  E.  James,  New  York  City, 50  00 

, Charles  H.  Hayden,  Boston,  Mass., 50  00 

F.  Beck  & Co.,  New  York  City, 25  00 

H.  Bartholomew  & Co.,  New  York  City,  ....  25  00 

George  W.  Allen  & Co.,  New  York  City,  . . . 25  00 

Christy,  Shepherd  & Walcott,  New  York  City,  . . 20  00 

Donations  through  Broach,  Ormand  & Mclnnes,  Meridian,  Miss., 
viz. — 

Meridian  Oil  Mills,  Meridian,  Miss., 100  00 

First  National  Bank,  Meridian,  Miss.,  ..  ..  60  00 

Balance  in  Hands  of  Yellow  Fever  Committee  of  1878,  Me- 
ridian, Miss., 41  00 

Various  Firms  and  Citizens,  Meridian,  Miss.,  . . . Ill  25 

Small  Children  of  the  Misses  Storer  and  Lupton  Private  School,  22  00 

Michigan  Stove  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich., 100  00 

Sallie  P.  Harrison, 25  00 

Employes  of  Rialto  Mills  of  The  Friend  & Fox  Paper  Co.,  . 38  50 

February  19th,  1884. 

Fountain  Lewis, 1 00 

Fountain  Lewis,  Jr., 1 00 

C.  S.  Whitson, • . . 5 00 

George  W.  Nye, 2 00 

Clarence  C.  Hewitt,  aged  seven  years, 1 00 

Cash, 1 00 

The  New  Haven  Manufacturing  Co.,  Conn.,  . . . 50  00 

J.  H.  Cohen,  New  Burlington,  O., 31  40 

C.  E.  Rollins,  “ The  Argus,”  Chicago,  111.,  ....  1000 

Watson,  Karsch  & Co.,  New  York  City, 50  00 

W.  H.  Andrew,  Toledo,  O., 135  00 

J.  W.  Gosling, 25  00 


$87,011  21 


Am’t  for’d, 


TREASURER’ S REPORT. 


Am’t  for’d, $87,011  21 

First  Congregational  Church,  Ashtabula,  0.,  . 30  00 

Sale  of  Two  Photographs  of  Mme.  Nilsson,  with  Autograph,  . 2 00 

Sale  of  Grease  from  Sixth  Street  Soup  House,  . . . 10  04 

Citizens  of  Bridgeport,  Conn., 2,000  00 

Frank  Mayo,  Entertainment  at  Moore’s  Opera  House,  Des 

Moines,  Iowa, 213  50 

L.  Mendenhall,  trip  to  Ironton,  money  unused,  . . . 38  50 

Citizens  of  Mason,  O.,  R.  H.  Bennett,  Mayor,  . . . 16  £0 

Belief  Committee  of  Grand  Kapids,  Mich.,  H.  C.  Hollister, 

Treasurer, 1,700  00 

Relief  Committee  of  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  for  relief  of  Co- 
lumbia,   300  00 

R.  B.  Mullett,  Kansas  City,  Mo., 10  00 

R.  A.  Wooldridge,  Baltimore,  Md., 25  00 

Subscriptions  of  Jefferson  Club — 

F.  Springmeier, 25  00 

C.  Baumann, 25  00 

Charles  Doll, 25  00 

Peter  Renner, 25  00 

Jacob  Flick, 5 00 

Henry  Wernke, 3 00 

Isaac  West, 1 00 

George  C.  Bloss, 1 00 

Nic.  Guenther, 1 00 

Samuel  Dewald, 1 00 

William  Merke,  1 00 

Clem.  Homer, 2 00 

F.  C.  Schroeder, 2 00 

James  Gutzweiler, 1 00 

Henry  Zurlage, 5 00 

John  M.  Kammeron,  . 5 00 

T.  A.  Speller, • . ■ . 5 00 

C.  M.  Steele, 6 00 

S.  R.  M., 8 00 

Hat  Collection, 6 00 

William  Schumaker, 1 00 

C.  A.  Zimmerman, 2 00 


Am’t  for’d, 


$91,512  75 


CASH  RECEIPTS. 


63 


Ain’t  for’d, $91,512  75 

Subscriptions  of  Jefferson  Club,  continued — 

H.  M.  Bohmer, 50 

H.  Schafer, 1 00 

George  W.  Huesmann, 1 00 

L.  Schafer, 50 

C.  Wiegland,, 25 

David  DeHaven, 1 00 

Aug.  Hoeler,. 1 00 

Prank  Wormes, 2 00 

Jos.  Welmans, 1 00 

Henry  Loke, 1 00 

Henry  Brokamp, 1 00 

Wm.  Tilly, 1 00 

C.  Goasche, 50 

Thos.  Goding, 50 

Jas.  O’Kane, 5 00 

Joseph  Mueller, 1 00 

Ben.Shroer, 2 00 

H.  Steuter, 5 00 

C.  Vogt, 1 00 

W.  B.  Huesman, . . . . 2 00 

B.  Augelbecke, 25 

A.  E.  Carr, 1 00 

Chas.  Doerler, , ...  4 00 

C.  Niehaus, 1 00 

P.  Dolle, 3 00 

H.  Kuhlman, 1 CO 

Hemmelgarn  & Co., 10  00 

B.  Thomer, 1 00 

J.  B.  Lampke, 50 

H.  Karting, 2 00. 

N.  H.  Hackmann  & Co., 2 00 

John  Hoden, 1 00 

Jacob  Steutz, 50 

Wm.  Meyer, 1 00 

A.  Holkamp, 1 00 

B.  Heitkamp, 2 00 


Am’t  for’d, $91,572  25 


64  TREASURER' S REPORT. 

Ain’t  for’d,  . . $91,572  25 

Subscriptions  of  Jefferson  Club,  continued — 

H.  Knaul, 1 00 

John  T.  Dorsey, 5 00 

Pat.  Gleason, 2 00 

Henry  Turner, 1 00 

L.  W.  Fechheimer, . 1 00 

B.  L.  Dengler, 1 00 

E.  J.  Noble, 50 

C.  Petri, 1 00 

W.  Kereran, 1 00 

A.  J.  Hartke,  1 00 

John  Eggers, 1 00 

Chas.  Svendsen, 5 00 

E.  B., 1 00 

J.  H.  Seifke, 1 00 

H.  Elstn, 1 00 

C.  Deitz, 1 00 

Frank  Vohmohr, 5 00 

H.  Puthoff, 50 

H.  Westenchoof, 2 00 

J.  H.  Eendigs, 1 00 

Charles  Behlen, 2 00 

Samuel  Smiley, 1 00 

Kobert  Hurburt, 1 00 

L.  P.  Heiman, 1 00 

H.  J.  Frey, 1 00 

Daniel  Herder, 1 00 

E.  J.  Brauneis, 1 00 

T.  S.  Taylor,  . 1 00 

S.  C.  Hughes, 1 00 

Chas.  E.  Miller, 100 

F.  J.  Noble, 1 00 

Win.  Kleiroehle,  1 00 

Geo.  B.  Tait, 1 00 

A.  H.  Klonne, 1 00 

Thos.  McLaughlin, 1 00 

Nat.  Wright, 1 00 


Am’t  for’d,  . 


$91,622  25 


CASH  RECEIPTS.  65 


Am’t  far’d, $91,622  25 

Subscriptions  of  Jefferson  Club,  continued — 

K.  A.  Armstrong,  .........  1 00 

Ed.  Felix,  2 00 

Geo.  Twachtman, 1 00 

C.  F.  Blackburn, 1 00 

It.  C.  Robner, 1 00 

A.  T.  White, 1 00 

B.  C.  Rothe,  ..........  2 00 

C.  Fuchs, 2 00 

J.  N.  Rubenstein, 1 00 

Jos.  Klueber,  Jr., 5 00 

Louis  Ertel, 1 00 

Mrs.  Ertel,  ' '.  1 00 

Hudepohl  & Roth, 1 00 

B.  Schepman, 1 00 

Adam  Geis, 5 00 

G.  B.  Gibson, 1 00 

F.  E.  Seinecke, 2 00 

C.  N.  Yon  Kousky, 1 00 

W.  Jungst, 2 00 

P.  Y.  C.  Thilly, 2 00 

G.  Rabenstein, 2 00 

Henry  Sulzer, 1 00 

Cash, 2 00 

H.  Schroeter, 1 00 

Hurley  & Streitman, 5 00 

Wm.  Fathauer, 1 00 

P.  Bohmer, 2 00 

L.  Henrekoth, 1 00 

Geo.  Gerke  Brewing  Co., 5 00 

E.  Klein e, 1 00 

F.  Thauwald, 2 00 

F.  Burdick, 1 00 

Jake  Gobbs, 2 00 

C.  Haarmann,  .........  1 00 

F.  Detzel, 1 00 

E.  Stoz, 1 00 


Am’t  far’d, $91,685  25 


TREASURER’S  REPORT. 


66 


Ain’t  for'd, $91,685  25 

Subscriptions  of  Jefferson  Club,  continued — 

H.  Hildebrandt,  . 1 00 

W.  Oeckerman, 1 00 

John  Haggerty, 1 00 

J.  Steocklin, 2 00 

Aug.  Pepper, 1 00 

R.  Gohs, 2 00 

Neihaus  & Klinkhauser, 50  00 

Windisch,  Muhlhauser  & Bro., 50  00 

George  Mueller, 2 00 

Ph.  Neuber, 5 00 

J.  Lackman,  . 3 00 

H.  Klug,  . . . . . 1 00 

J.  LefTkin, 2 00 

G.  Gordon,  50 

F.  W.  Gerstle, 2 00 

W.  G.  Overbeck, 2 00 

G.  E.  K 2 00 

Vincent  Schwab, 2 00 

M.  Levy,  , 1 00 

D.  Patton, 1 00 

G.  L.  Heran court,  . 5 00 

E.  Eberding, 2 00 

John  Foss,  ..........  5 00 

G.  Kohl  brand, 1 00 

Thus.  Thomann,  .........  1 00 

H.  Alterogt, 1 00 

B.  Reh  wold, 1 00 

H.  NiehofF, 1 00 

Jos.  Belzer, 1 00 

F.  Thorbeck, 1 00 

Chas.  Herron, 2 00 

B.  Ubling, 2 00 

B.  Miller, 2 00 

B.  P.  Wessell, 2 00 

Abe  Fuerst 2 00 

Jos.  Schwartz, 1 00 


Am’t  for’d,  . $91,846  75 


CASH  RECEIPTS. 


67 


Am’t  for’d,  $91,846  75 

Subscriptions  of  Jefferson  Club,  continued— 

M.  Oesterich, 1 00 

Henry  Hodopp,  .........  1 00 

W.  Meyer, 1 00 

John  Kauffman n,  . . . . . . . 10  00 

E.  Uhn, 1 00 

P.  Gross, 1 00 

F.  Kaltermann, 1 00 

Dr.  Ernst  Roth, 1 00 

Aug.  Ehlers, 1 00 

John  Broxterman, 2 00 

Clemens  Homer, 3 50 

Schwobisch  Mutual  Aid  Society, 100  00 

Mrs.  E.  P.  Bradstreet, 10  00 

A.  Klotz,  Belle  Rose,  La.,  fc.  . 20  00 

L.  Hile,  . 2 00 

Mrs.  A.  J.  Heineman,  Mansfield,  O., 5 00 

John  Mundel,  Philadelphia,  Pa., 100  00 

Proceeds  of  Sale  of  Tobacco,  donated  by  C.  W.  Allen,  Chicago, 

111.,  . . . 64  50 

Samuel  G.  Hall,  Cohoes,  N.  Y., 5 00 

Citizens  of  Decatur,  Ala.,  . . . . . . 53  00 

Loyal  Hanna  Coal  and  Coke  Co.,  Latrobe,  Penn,  ...  47  82 

Sale  of  Grease  from  Soup  House,  No.  192  West  Sixth  street,  . 5 09 

Col.  F.  W.  Hurtt,  New  York  City, 25  00 

F.  E.  Tow  bridge,  New  York  City,  . . . . . 25  00 

W.  C.  & L.  Lanier,  West  Point,  Ga., 25  00 

Conscience  Fund, 1 00 

Dietz  & Berk, 10  00 

Christ.  Sehetler,  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  . . . 5 00 

The  Marsh  & Harwood  Co., 50  00 

John  Seaman,  Quincy,  111., 100  00 

Eleven  Citizens  of  Johnstown,  Pa.,  .....  130  00 

Cincinnati  News  Journal  Collection,  ......  103  36 

Mrs.  Pamelia  Sawyer,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  . . . . 36  00 

Wm.  Howells, 10  00 

The  “ Episcopal  Methodist,” •.  . 10  00 


Am’t  for’d, $92,813  02 


TREASURER' S REPORT. 


Am’t  for’d, $92,813  02 

Julia  Poole,  little  girl,  05 

Wm.  R.  Morse, . 10  00 

February  20th,  1884 

J.  M.  Porter,  Garnaville,  Iowa, 1 00 

Wm.  Shumac,  Garnaville,  Iowa,  . . . . 1 00 

II.  C.  Kuntzel, 50 

Relief  Committee,  Adrian,  Mich., 132  37 

Farmers’  National  Bank,  Greenville,  O.,  . . . . . 100  00 

Second  National  Bank,  Greenville,  O., 100  00 

Greenville  National  Bank,  Greenville,  O.,  100  00 

Citizens  of  Greenville  O., 501  27 

Harry  L.  Wright,  Mother,  and  Sister, 30  00 

Hebrew  Young  Ladies’  Aid  Society,  Dayton,  O.,  ...  25  00 

A.  Ach  & Son,  Dayton,  O.,  ......  5 00 

J.  Wevirew,  Dayton,  O., 5 00 

N.  Jacobs,  Dayton,  O . 5 00 

E.  Rauh  & Sons,  Dayton,  O., 5 00 

I.  Weinreidi,  Dayton,  O., 5 00 

C.  Jacobs,  Dayton,  O., 5 00 

J.  Swaub  & Son,  Dayton,  O., 5 00 

L.  Jacobs,  Dayton,  O., 5 00 

Mrs.  S.  W.  Heinaman,  Dayton,  O., 3 00 

E.  Canby,  Dayton,  O., 3 00 

I.  Bomstein,  Dayton,  O., 2 00 

A.  A.  Winters,  Dayton,  0 2 00 

Weinreidi  Bros.,  Dayton,  O., 2 00 

Mrs.  M.  Glass,  Dayton,  ()., 2 00 

Rauh  & Pollock,  Dayton,  O.,  2 00 

S.  H.  Carr,  Dayton  O., 1 00 

C.  F.  Freeman,  Dayton,  O.  ......  1 00 

Jno.  J.  Hall,  Dayton,  O , 1 00 

Cash,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

Ben.  B.  Scheible,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

Cash,  Dayton,  O., 2 00 

Chas.  E.  Swadener,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

E.  G.  Hall,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 


Am’t  for’d, $93,879  21 


CASH  RECEIPTS.  69 

Ain’t  for’d, $93,879  21 

Cash,  Dayton,  0.,  . 50 

P.  Klopper,  Dayton,  O., 50 

M.  Mackentire,  Dayton,  0.,  . ....  50 

W.  W.,  Dayton,  0., 1 00 

Cash,  Dayton,  O., 1 25 

G.  D.  Lebolt,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

L.  M.  Pape,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

E.  B.  Kelly,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

J.  A.  Mayor,  Dayton,  O.,  50 

Theisa  Witkosskey,  Dayton,  O.,  .....  25 

Mary  Eotstein,  Dayton,  O., • . 25 

P.  Swartstroter,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

S.  Blau,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

A.  Blau,  Dayton,  O.,  . 1 00 

C.  W.  Wood,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

J.  W.  Johnston,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

B.  K'.  Long,  Dayton,  O.,  ........  50 

Samuel  Sebold,  Dayton,  O.,  ......  50 

Cash,  Dayton,  O., 25 

N.  Lyons,  Dayton,  O., 50 

W.  H.  Long,  Dayton,  O., 50 

Genie  Wise,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

G.  K.  & F.  M.  Hogland,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

Dr.  H.  C.  Smith,  Dayton,  O., 50 

Cash,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

Mrs.  E.  Holz,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

Ernst  Rauh,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

H.  E.  Eversole,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

Cash,  Dayton,  O., . 1 15 

I.  M.  Ire,  Dayton,  O., 50 

I.  Aulabaugh,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

Wm.  Wolf,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

M.  Wolf,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

Mrs.  J.  Daneman,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

Cash,  Dayton,  O., 1 00 

Crandall,  Stone  & Co.,  New  York  City, 25  00 


Am’t  for’d,  $93,932  36 


70  TREASURER' S REPORT. 

Ain’t  for’d, • $98,932  36 

Seed-Leaf  and  Havana  Tobacco  Trade  of  New  York  City — 

Chas.  F.  Tag  & Son, . 100  00 

Henry  W.  Fisher  & Bro., 25  00 

Allmann  & Rosenbaum, 25  00 

Frese  & Voeke, 25  00 

S.  Eaussen  & Son, 25  00 

G.  Faulk  & Bro., 25  00 

D.  Levy  & Son, 25  00 

Hirsch,  Victor ius  & Co., 25  00 

B.  Diaz  & Co., 25  00 

I.  Hamburger  & Co., 25  00 

E.  Hoffman  & Son, 25  00 

E.  Rosen wald  & Bro.,  ........  100  .00 

Davidson  Bros.,  . . . . . . . . 20  00 

A.  Cohn  & Co., 50  00 

Tbo.  H.  Hall, 25  00 

Jos.  Mayers  & Sons, 50  00 

J.  Birmzel  & Sons, 50  00 

C.  H.  Spitzner  & Son, 50  00 

L.  & E.  Weitheimer, 25  00 

M.  Oppenheimer, 25  00 

F.  C.  Lind,  Hamilton  & Co., 50  00 

L.  Neugus, 25  00 

I.  Bijur, . .25  00 

H.  Schubart  & Co., 50  00 

E.  &.  G.  Friend  & Co., 25  00 

S.  Barnett, 25  00 

Geo.  I.  Kugler, 50  00 

A.  H.Schwill  & Co., 25  00 

M.  Newburger  & Co., 25  00 

Spear  & Held, 25  00 

Chas.  Schroder, 10  00 

A.  S.  Rosenbaum  & Co., 25  00 

Strohn  & Ritzenstein 25  00 

E.  Springgarn  & Co., . 25  00 

V.  Maiting  & Co., 50  00 

N.  Lackenbrach  & Bro., 25  00 


Am’t  for’d,  ....  ....  $95,162  36 


CASH  RECEIPTS.  71 


Am’t  for’d,  ........  $95,162  36 

Tobacco  Trade  of  ISIew  York  City,  continued — 

Basch  & Fisher, 25  00 

Weis,  Ellar  & Kaeppel, 25  00 

Cohn  & Stein, . 25  00 

H.  Koenig  & Co., 25  00 

E.  Bach  & Son, 25  00 

Van  liandohr  & Martinez, 25  00 

Aug.  Koch, ■ . . . . • . 25  00 

Gustave  Solomon  & Bro., 25  00 

Wm.  Eckert  & Co , 25  00 

F.  Miranda  & Co., 25  00 

F.  Schulz,  . . 50  00 

L.  Freideman  & Co.,  . . . . . . . . 25  00 

Schwaz  & Weild, 20  00 

Calizto  Lopez  & Co., 25  00 

F.  Geisel  & Bro., 25  00 

Allmirall  & Co., 25  00 

Simon  Ourbaeh  & Co.,  . . . . . . . 25  00 

Landman  & Burnheimer,  .......  50  00 

B.  Meyer  & Yigilis, 100  00 

M.  H.  Levin, ...  25  00 

Weil  & Co.,  . . . 50  00 

Carl  Lupman,  .........  25  00 

J.  Burnheim  & Son, 25  00 

Vega,  Morton  & Co.,  50  00 

Ahner  & Dells, 20  00 

C. S.  Philips, 25  00 

H.  Friedman, 25  00 

A.  Gonzalez, 25  00 

Sartorius  & Co., 25  00 

H.  Schorerling, 25  00 

F.  Garchier,  Bro.  & Co., 25  00 

F.  Giebel, 20  00 

Schroder  & Baum, • 50  00 

A.  L.  & C.  L.  Holt, 25  00 

L.  Pen  dash  & Co., 50  00 

Arendt  & Fringant,  . . 25  00 


Am’t  for’d, $96,272  36 


TREASURER'S  REPORT. 


Am’t  for’d,.  $96,272  36 

Tobacco  Trade  of  New  York  City,  continued — 

Jul.  Berliner  & Son,  . . . 20  00 

Simon  Solomon  & Son, 20  00 

Pretzfield  & Co., 25  00 

M.  & E.  Solomon,  .........  50  00 

G.  Eeismann, 25  00 

I.  S.  Gaus,  Son  & Co., 25  00 

M.  Ertheiler  & Son, 10  00 

Esberg,  Blackman  & Co., 25  00 

David  Cahn, 10  00 

Ernst  Freise, 10  00 

Leichtenstein  Bros., 10  00 

Alexander  Bros., 10  00 

Jul.  Schack, 10  00 

A.  Loenson, 10  00 

Moyor  & Mindelson, 10  00 

Fred.  Hoffman, 5 00 

Cash,  “ S,” 5 00 

Wm.  Dessauer,  .........  5 00 

I.  Lowenstein,  5 00 

S.  Wollenberg, 5 00 

I.  W.  Ware, 5 00 

F.  Schulken, 5 00 

P.  Kelland 5 00 

Wm.  Lee 5 00 

M.  Ludheim 2 00 

Members  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works  and  Employes  of  the 
Various  Departments — 

David  Baker, 25  00 

E.  C.  Boyce, 25  00 

F.  H.  Tucker, 25  00 

D.  W.  Brown, 10  00 

G.  T.  Seiter, 10  00 

J.  J.  Geiger, 3 00 

Tho.  S.  Stakes, 1 00 

H.  J.  Stanley,  25  00 

H.  E.  Tripp, 10  00 


Am’t  for’d,  . 


$96,723  36 


CASH  RECEIPTS.  73 

Am’t  for’d, . . . . $96,723  36 

Members  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works  and  Employes  of  the 
Various  Departments,  continued — 

L.  W.  Mattherson, 10  00 

W.  H.  Harrison, 10  00 

J.  W.  Harper, 10  00 

T.  N.  Ridgeway, 8 00 

C.  S.  Kinsey, 2 00 

G.  R.  Boyce,  . 5 00 

Wm.  F.  Nepper, 5 00 

Frank  J.  Seifert, 5 00 

E.  H.  Carey, 5 00 

Geo.  D.  Baker, 2 0) 

L.  A.  Marpe, 5 00 

E.  Bultmann, 2 00 

. W.  S.  McVay, 2 00 

B.  E.  Smith, 1 00 

J.  P.  Thompson, . 1 00 

A.  E.  Moore, 2 00 

J.  E.  Gardner, 2 00 

H.  Smith, 1 00 

Frank  Doll, 1 00 

Edw.  Runck, 1 00 

F.  Springmeier, 1 00 

V.  M.  Duttenhofer, 1 00 

Phil.  Winkler, 1 00 

A.  G.  Moore, 25  00 

M. McHale, 1 00 

Jno.  G.  Kieborth, 1 00 

H.  Dusan, 1 00 

N.  Lehman, 1 00 

E.  Levy, 1 00 

D.  C.  Doran, 1 CO 

Geo.  Peterman,  .........  1 00 

Geo.  Prior,  ..........  50 

J.  A.  Freytag,  ....  ....  50 

W.  E.  Cook, 1 00 

Jas.  Dolan, 1 00 


Am’t  for’d, 


$96,811  36 


74 


TREASURER'S  REPORT. 


Ain’t  for’d, $96,841  36 


Members  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works  and  Employes  of  the 
Various  Departments,  continued — 

L.  Drosky, 50 

Wm.  Steigelman, 50 

Jacob  Young, 1 00 

J.  A.  Patten, 1 00 

E.  W.  Harden, 50 

G.  H.  McFarland, 1 00 

W.  W.  Miller, 50 

J.  Lederer, 1 00 

B.  Ross, 1 00 

O.  L.  Hagans, 1 00 

Jno.  Beeler,  1 00 

D.  Bauer, 1 00 

Jeff.  Eddison, 1 00 

C.  J.  Stager, 1 00 

B.  S.  Wyndman, 1 00 

Jas.  Farran, 3 00 

J.  L.  Gaul, 2 00 

M.  Elsbach, 1 00 

A.  Eiseman, 1 00 

Thomas  J.  Bell, 10  00 

C.  Zielinski, 50 

P.  Runk, 1 00 

F.  Major, 2 00 

B.  Spangenberg, 1 00 

O.  F.  Wilson, 1 00 

J.  Snyder, 50 

Dankel, 50 

J.  Draper, 1 00 

S.  Waller, 1 00 

J.  B.  Caldwell, 1 00 

T.  B.  Armstrong, 1 00 

G.  A.  Hesting, 1 00 

F.  Buckler, 1 00 

A.  D.  Owens,  1 00 

Collin  Ford,  Jr., 3 00 


$96,887  86 


Am’t  for’d 


CASH  RECEIPTS.  75 

Am’t  for’d,  $96,887  86 

Members  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works  and  Employes  of  the 
Various  Departments,  continued — 

W.  H.  Cook, 1 00 

M.  Klein, 1 00 

J.  M.  Harrison, 1 00 

B.  T.  Gossin, 2 00 

R.  Gossin, 1 00 

G.  Stadler, 1 00 

G.  W.  Fisher, 1 00 

C.  Zorb, 1 00 

P.  Miller, 2 00 

J.  T.  Voorheis, 1 00 

J.  Cullim, 1 00 

L.  Wilson, 1 00 

J.  Schmidd, 50 

J.  Gebhardt, 1 00 

J.  Fife, 50 

J.  Carney, 50 

J.  Connelly, 50 

W.  Smith, 50 

N.  Weingard,  ...  50 

P.  Kolsnike, 50 

H.  Hockstedt, 50 

J.  Reickey, 50 

J.  Mahen,  . 50 

F.  Snyder, 50 

J.  Cowe, 25 

J.  Hastnell, 50 

P.  Humble, 2 00 

Jno.  Ryan, 50 

M.  Seibert, 50 

N.  Gardner, 50 

P.  M.  Laughlin,  50 

J.  Leister, 50 

C.  Seifert, 50 

M.  Gaffney, 50 

L.  Rose,  • 50 


Am’t  for’d,  . 


$96,915  11 


76 


TREASURER’S  REPORT. 


Am’t  for’d, $96,915  11 

Members  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works  and  Employes  of  the 
Various  Departments,  continued — • 

T.  Kultz, 50 

J.  Mahn, 1 00 

H.  Boss, 1 00 

J.  Carlon,  ..........  50 

D.  W.  Burness, 2 00 

L.  Browe, 40 

P.  Calvert, 1 00 

A.  Hupp 1 00 

I.  Bitschoff, 1 00 

J. W.  Hahn, 5 00 

F.  H.  Caldwell, 5 00 

G.  Eberhardt, 3 00 

Geo.  Cromins,  .........  8 00 

E.  Tyrsoll, 2 00 

J.  Fallon, 1 00 

A.  R.  Brockbank, 1 CO 

Sam.  Hirst, 1 00 

Jno.  Gaffney,  1 00 

W.  Hord, 1 00 

J.  Cain, 2 00 

P.  Gold, 1 00 

A.  S.  Lister, 1 00 

J.  Murphy, 1 00 

H.  Lippmeyer,  . 50 

W.  Kennedy, 1 00 

M.  Mastin, 1 00 

J.Koob, 1 00 

J.  Henmen, 1 00 

F.  Frolich,  1 00 

Aug.  Heill, 1 00 

H.  Karl, 5 00 

J.  V.  Willis, 1 00 

Tho.  Young, 1 00 

Jno.  Bostli, 1 00 

P.  Kohnli, 1 00 


Am’t  for’d, 


$96,967  01 


CASH  RECEIPTS.  77 

Am’t  for’d, $96,967  01 

Members  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works  and  Employes  of  the 
Various  Departments,  continued — 

D.  Murphy, 1 00 

G.  W.  Platt, 1 00 

J.  Murphy, 1 00 

J.  Farrell, 50 

F.  Ross, 50 

« J.  Miller, 1 00 

F.  Miller, 1 00 

C.  Wagner, 1 00 

W.  Niehels, 1 00 

L.  Singer, 1 00 

J.  Gebhardt, 1 00 

Geo.  Levi, 1 00 

Dr.  F.  P.  Anderson,  Grosse  Isle,  Mich., 20  00 

Sale  of  Beer,  donated  by  H.  Muhlhauser, 30  00 

Returned  by  Samuel  Bailey,  Jr.,  for  Labor  on  Granite  State,  50  00 
Mrs.  Catherine  C.  Merritt,  Mt.  Holly,  N\  Y.,  .50  00 

From  Commercial- Gazette  Collection, 54  60 

W.  N.  Purnell,  Van  Wert,  O., 200  00 

Collected  by  Fannie  Booth,  aged  ten  years,  . . . . 6 20 

Walnut  Hills  Baptist  Church, 2 00 

Collected  by  Otto  Ehresmann,  3 51 

Citizens  Boston,  Mass.,  per  A.  P.  Martin,  Mayor,  . . 2,000  00 

Belding  Bros.  & Co.,  Rockville,  Conn.,  . 100  00 

Belding  Bros.  & Co.,  Employes,  Rockville,  Conn.,  . . . 117  20 

Hockemann  Co.,  Rockville,  Conn., 100  00 

Hockemann  Co.,  Employes,  Rockville,  Conn.,  . . 117  00 

Rockville  Manufacturing  Co.,  Rockville,  Conn.,  ....  100  00 
Rockville  Manufacturing  Co.,  Employes,  Rockville,  Conn.,  . -87  30 

White,  Corbin  & Co.,  Rockville,  Conn., 100  00 

White,  Corbin  & Co.,  Employes,  Rockville,  Conn.,  . . 50  75 

New  England  Co.,  Rockville,  Conn.,  . . . . : . 50  00 

New  England  Co.,  Employes,  Rockville,  Conn.,  . . . 62  50 

White  Manufacturing  Co.,  Employes,  Rockville,  Conn.,  . 64  20 

American  Mill  Co.,  Employes,  Rockville,  Conn.,  . 64  60 

Adams  Mill  Co.,  Rockville,  Conn., 25  00 


Am’t  for’d, 


$100,432  87 


78 


TREASURER' S REPORT. 


Am’t  for’d, $100,432  87 

J.  J.  Regan,  Rockville,  Conn., 25  00 

S.  Fitch  & Son,  Rockville,  Conn., 31  25 

Scholars  E.  Dist.  School,  Rockville,  Conn.,  ....  33  54 

Scholars  W.  Dist.  School,  Rockville,  Conn.,  . . . . 13  21 

Citizens  of  Rockville,  Conn.,  .......  198  10 

Citizens  of  Knoxville,  Tenn., 678  40 

D.  Appleton  & Co.,  New  York  City, 100  00 

A.  S.  Barnes  & Co.,  New  York  City, 100  00 

Ivison,  Blakeman,  Taylor  & Co.,  New  York  City,  . . . 100  00 

Sheldon  & Co.,  New  York  City, 50  00 

Potter,  Ainsworth  & Co.,  New  York  City,  ....  100  00 

Taintor  Bros.,  Merrill  & Co.,  New  York  City,  . . . 25  00 

Clark  & Maynard,  New  York  City, 25  00 

Ginn,  Heath  & Co.,  Boston,  Mass., 25  00 

Prang  Education  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.,  ....  50  00 

E.  H.  Butler  & Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa., 50  00 

Sale  seven  Barrels  Grease  and  Offal, 13  00 

Employes  of  John  B.  Devoto, 7 05 

Four  Excursions  on  Miami  Canal,  given  by  J.  W.  Pfaff,  Man- 
ager, and  Joseph  Durrell,  Treasurer,  ....  56  50 

Rea  & Co.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 50  00 

S.  S.  Jackson, 50  00 

Dr.  D.  R.  Burrell,  Canandaigua,  N.  Y., 25  00 

John  M.  Locke,  Chicago,  111., 11  00 

A Friend, 5 00 

Proceeds  of  Auction  Sales  on  Change,  contributed  by  following: 

Georgine  Justin,  one  Basket  Artificial  Flowers,  . . 1 50 

Georgine  Justine,  one  Pair  Decorated  Wooden  Shoes,  . 5 00 

E.  Tettenborn  & Co.,  one  Porcelain  Churn,  ...  5 00 

Holmes  & Morton,  one  Fire. Screen,  . . . . 26  00 

George  Barrie,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  . . . . . 50  00 

Ladies’  Aid  Society,  Pleasant  Ridge,  O., 32  00 

Employes  of  The  Houston  Hay  Spring  and  Axle  Works,  Co- 
shocton, O., 37  75 

Wilkinson  Bros  & Co.,  New  York  City, 150  00 

W.  H.  Parsons  & Co.,  New  York  City, 150  00 

Citizens  Jackson,  Mich.,  per  Jos.  Mabley,  Mayor,  . . . 721  50 


Am’t  for’d, $103,433  67 


CASH  RECEIPTS 


79 


Am’t  for’d, $103,433  67 

February  21st,  1884. 

Mrs.  L.  H.  Scott,  Detroit,  Mich., 10  00 

Mrs.  Caruthers, 50 

Citizens  of  Bethany,  O., 283  00 

Purdy  & Nicholas,  New  York  City, 50  00 

The  Church  Messenger,  Durham,  S.  C., 5 00 

Percy  and  Charley  True,  aged  six  and  eight  years,  Schuyler, 

Neb., 1 00 

North-western  Normal  School,  per  H.  S.  Lehr,  President, 

Ada,  O., 23  38 

Cash,  Newark,  N.  J., 66  21 

First  Baptist  Church,  Elizabeth,  N.  J., 37  00 

Town  of  Eaton,  O., 500  00 

Citizens  of  Eaton,  O., 199  20 

Knowles,  Anthony  & Danielson,  Providence,  R.  I.,  . . 500  00 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  S.  Field,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  . . 50  00 

Bon  fort’s  Wine  and  Spirit  Circular,  New  York  City,  . 25  00 

J.  L.  Keck,  amount  returned  from  trip  of  Granite  State,  . 133  32 

Citizens  of  Greensburg,  Pa., 270  71 

Congruity  Presbyterian  Congregation,  Greensburg,  Pa.,  . 47  00 

First  District  School,  per  J.  E.  Sherwood,  Principal,  . . . 1 00 

F.  Rose  & Co.,  New  York  City, 50  00 

J.  M.  King  & Co.,  Waterford,  N.  Y., 100  00 

Citizens  of  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  .......  781  11 

Collected  by  Master  J.  Strauss,  aged  nine  years,  . . . 3 90 

Madison  Square  Company,  “Young  Mrs.  Winthrop,”  Matinee, 

February  21st,  1884, 364  00 

Toledo  Bee  Collection,  Toledo,  O.,  '. 253  93 

W.  A.  Roush,  Augusta,  Ga., 10  00 

Frank  Brownfield,  Uniontown,  Pa., 5 00 

Roller  Skating  Rink,  Wellington,  O., 29  05 

Albert  Dow,  Chicago,  111., 50  00 

February  22nd,  1884. 

J.  F.,  Defiance,  O.,  . 5 00 

Collections  of  Churches  at  Brookfield,  Mo.,  . . . 27  69 

Sarah  I.  Berney, 25  00 


Am’t  for’d, $107,340  67 


80 


TREASURER’S  REPORT. 


Ain’t  for’d $107,340  67 

Congregational  Church,  Canandaigua,  IS . Y.,  . . . 57  00 

Henry  Spick,  Fontanelle,  Neb,, 6 0q 

D.  K.  Dunton,  Avoca,  N.  Y., 4 00 

J.  T.  Perry,  Exeter,  N.  H., 25  00 

Central  Presbyterian  Sunday-school, 25  00 

A.  Bierstadt,  New  York  City, 100  00 

W.  H.  Mills,  Sandusky,  O.,  Sale  of  live  Cases  of  Paris  “ D’Amer- 

ique,”  Sparkling  Catawba  sold  by  Jos.  R.  Peebles’  Sons,  . 70  00 

W.  F.  Brockman,  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa, 2 00 

Fred.  C.  Tucker, 25  00 

Presbyterian  Church  of  Mattoon,  111., 58  00 

Grand  Army  of  Republic,  Neosho  Falls,  N.  Y.,  . . . . 5 00 

J.  K.  Fagin,  Higbee,  Col., 25  00 

Sale  of  two  Hatchets  and  one  Saw, 2 75 

H.  Heuck  & Co.,  Proprietors  of  Peoples’  Theater,  Proceeds  of 

Matinees  given  February  12tli,  14th,  and  16th,  . . 43  50 

Charles  Munro,  Sale  on  Change  of  Copy  of  Commercial  Adver- 
tiser, No.  1,  Baltimore,  Md.,  2 50 

J.  Lee  Smith  & Co.,  New  York  City, 50  00 

February  23rd, 1884. 

Providence  Lodge,  No.  14,  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  Providence,  R.  I.,  . 160  00 

Citizens  of  Malta  Bend,  Mo., 86  05 

Geo.  N.  Pierce  & Co.,  Buffalo,  N.Y., 50  00 

W.  B.  Wilshire,  Walla  Walla,  Washington,  Ter.,  . . 100  00 

Samuel  Boyd,  Boston,  Mass., 100  00 

F.  Schultze, 50  00 

M.  Straus,  Newark,  N.  J., 25  00 

W.  H.  Playford,  Uniontown,  Pa., 100  00 

Teutonia  Society,  Memphis,  Tenn., 100  00 

Deutscher  and  Bruderbund,  Memphis,  Tenn,  ....  50  00 

German  Benevolent  Society,  Memphis,  Tenn.,  . . . 50  00 

W.  J.  Young,  Clinton,  Iowa, 150  00 

Brown  & Earle,  New  York  City 100  00 

Young  Men’s  Christian  Union,  North  Adams,  Mass.,  . . 20  00 

V.  A.  Whitaker’s  Bible  Class,  North  Adams,  Muss.  . . . 8 40 

S.  H.  Douglass,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  5 00 


Am’t  for’d, 


$108,995  87 


CASH  RECEIPTS. 


81 


Am’t  for’d,  ........  $108,995  87 

February  25th,  1884. 

Employes  of  C.  H.  & D.  R.  K.,  through  F.  H.  Short,  . . . 369  90 
M.  E.  Church,  Olean,  N.  Y.,  through  New  York  Tribune,  . 40  00 

Citizens  of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  through  H.  G.  Lewis,  Mayor,  2,258  32 
Pupils  of  Ohio  Commercial  College,  Hamilton,  O.,  . . 10  00 

M.  E.  Church,  Sidney,  O.,  through  W.  Piper,  . . . 3 50 

J.  H.  Breslin  & Bro.,  Gilsey  House,  New  York  City,  . . 250  00 

Guests  of  Young’s  Hotel,  Ada,  O., 16  00 

Fred.  Bisener,  Greenville,  O., : 5 00 

Citizens  of  South  Norwalk,  Conn.,  through  R.  H.  Golden,  Mayor,  309  72 

Samuel  Halsey  & Son,  Newark,  N.  J., 100  00 

J.  F.  Fradley,  New  York  City, 20  00 

C.  C.  Haughton  & Sons,  Worcester,  Mass, 25  00 

Proceeds  of  sale  of  Beans,  by  Wm.  Glenn  & Sons,  . 9 35 

Citizens  of  Johnstown,  Pa., 336  50 

Miss  Payton  McNelly,  Collection,  ...  . . . 2 00 

Sale  of  Sealskin  Dolman,  donated  by  A.  E.  Burkhardt  & Co.,  1,290  00 
Proceeds  of  Concert,  given  by  Col.  J.  H.  Mapleson,  in  Chicago, 

111., 2,500  00 

Greef  & Co.,  New  York  City, 25  00 

Master  Frank  Bugher, 5 00 

February  26th,  1884. 

Carson  & Brown  Paper  Co.,  Dalton,  Mass.,  ....  100  00 
Nashua  Card  and  Glazed  Paper  Company,  Nashua,  N.  H.,  . 50  00 

Church  of  the  Presentation,  Walnut  Hills 40  00 

George  Gaddis, 5 00 

Thomas  Mullhelland,  Butte  City,  Montana  Ter.,  . . . 5 00 

Calvin  Adams,  Butte  City,  Montana  Ter.,  ....  5 00 

February  27th,  1884. 

A.  W.  Dodd  & Co.,  Gloucester,  Mass.,  . . . . . 25  00 

Proceeds  of  sale  of  Lye,  by  Wm.  Glenn  & Sons,  ...  80 

S.  R.  Caldwell,  Philadelphia,  Pa., 25  00 

Martha  Youngson,  Meadville,  Pa., 1 00 

Citizens  of  Spring  Valley,  O.,  through  I.  W.  Smith,  . . . 112  60 
G.  A Van  Slyke,  Albany  N.  Y., 250  00 


Am’t  for’d, 


$117,190  56 


82 


TREASURER' S REPORT, 


Am’t  for’d, • $117,190  56 

B.  B.  Krammes,  Reformed  Church,  Sugar  Grove,  O.,  3 00 

Blatt,  Deutsch  & Meyer,  New  York  City,  . . . . 15  00 

Detroit  Evening  News,  Detroit,  Mich.,  through  Evening  Post, 

Cincinnati,  O., 68  37 

R.  R.  Prodfit,  Highlands,  N.  J., 25  00 

T.  R.  Galbreath,  Cashier,  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  . . . 92  10 

Scranton  Board  of  Trade,  Scranton  Penn.,  ....  300  00 

Proceeds  of  Entertainment,  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  . . .56  00 

L.  M.  Hosea,  one  pound  sterling, 4 85 

February  28th,  1884. 

Mrs.  Jas.  Wiggins, 5 00 

Seventh  Day  Baptist  Church,  Milton,  Wis.,  ....  28  50 

Juliette  Shindler,  New  York  City, 25  00 

Citizens  of  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.,  F.  R.  Delane,  Chairman,  . 179  00 

New  York  Tribune  Collections, 4,651  11 

Sale  of  two  Lamps, 2 00 

Lutheran  Church,  Accident,  Md., 2 00 

Times-Star  Dime  Collections, 2,170  03 

George  W.  Forbes,  Troy,  N.  Y„ 50  00 

Liebenroth,  Yon  Ann  & Co.,  New  York  City,  ...  50  00 

Brooum  & Pease,  New  York  City, 50  00 

Daniel  Slote  & Co.,  New  York  City, 25  00 

Alex.  Agar,  New  York  City, 25  00 

Kiggins  & 'looker  Co.,  New  York  City, 25  00 

J.  Q.  Preble,  New  York  City, 25  00 

Acme  Stationery  and  Paper  Co.,  New  York  City,  ...  25  00 

S.  E.  & M.  Yernon,  New  York  City, 10  00 

The  Saugerties  Blank  Book  Co.,  New  York  City,  ...  25  00 

Henry  Bainbridge  & Co.,  New  York  City, 25  00 

O.  H.  Nelcher,  Stringtown,  Pa., 5 00 

Cowperthwait  & Co.,  Philadelphia, 200  00 

National  Blank  Book  Co.,  New  York  City,  ....  25  00 

February  29th,  1884. 

Sale  of  Offal  by  Amor  Smith  & Co., 26  66 

Union  Services  of  Methodists,  Congregational,  and  Derby  Line 

Churches,  of  Derby  Line,  N.  Y., 23  83 


Am’t  for’d,  . 


$125,433  01 


CASH  RECEIPTS.  83 


Ain’t  for’d, $125,433  01 

M.  W.  Matthews,  Urbana,  111., 27  80 

C.  M.  Clay,  Richmond,  Ky., 40  00 

J.  M.  Emerson,  Ansonia,  Conn., 25  00 

Printing,  Book,  Paper,  etc.,  Trades,  Chicago,  111.  (additional),  718  00 

Wm.  Rain,  Fisherville,  Ark., 1 00 

Collections  by  John  A.  Tester,  Alma,  Wis.,  ....  39  25 

Citizens  of  Harrisburg,  Pa., 64  00 

March  1st,  1884. 

Lobdell  Car  Wheel  Co.,  Wilmington,  Del.,  ....  150  00 

Citizens  of  Middletown,  Conn.,  through  D.  W.  Northrop,  Mayor,  400  00 

Camp  Dennison  Public  School, 6 00 

Citizens  of  Montgomery,  O., 102  00 

Children  of  Montgomery,  O.,  .......  4 65 

E.  L.  Tweedy,  Chairman,  Danbury,  Conn.,  for  Augusta,  Ky., 

and  Lawrenceburg,  Ind., 600  00 

Sale  of  Grease  by  Amor  Smith  & Co.,  . . . . 41  96 

Sale  of  Buckets  by  Wm.  Glenn  & Sons, 60 

Sale  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-nine  Empty  Barrels,  . . 8 95 

March  3rd,  1884. 

First  Presbyterian  Church,  Honesdale,  Pa.,  . . . . 65  53 

Wallingford  Baptist  Sunday-school,  Wallingford,  Conn.,  . . 25  00 

C.  S.  Stowitt,  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y., 1 00 

Mrs.  Edwin  Whitford,  Leonardsville  N.  Y.,  . . . . 11  00 

Mrs.  Sarah  Wellman,  Three  Rivers,  Mich.,  ....  1 00 

Mrs.  G.  Beebe,  Three  Rivers,  Mich., 1 00 

Citizens  of  Hancock,  Md.,  through  T.  Elison,  Mayor,  . . 30  00 

Middletown  Plate  Co.,  Middletown,  Conn.,  . " . . . 50  00 

Citizens  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  through  J.  E.  Haynes,  Mayor,  . 239  51 

Presbyterian  Church,  Mercersburg,  Pa., 130  00 

Presbyterian  Church,  Catskill,  N.  Y.,  78  85 

Ladies’  Aid  Society,  Warwick,  N.  Y., 20  00 

March  4th,  1884. 

Entertainment  at  Eaton,  O.,  through  W.  A.  Neal,  Mayor,  . 21  50 

German  Baptist  Church,  Spencer,  O., 21  04 

Am’t  for’d, $128,357  65 


84 


TREASURER'S  REPORT. 


Am’t  for’d, $128,357  65 

Hon.  Benton  McMillin,  Tenn., 25  00 

John  C.  Pierce,  Proceeds  of  Sale  of  two  sets  Dickens’  Works,  . 20  00 

March  5th,  1884. 

Wellington  Literary' Society,  Wellington,  111.,  . . . 11  23 

H.  E.  Gedney,  Ottawa,  111., 6 00 

First  Congregational  Church  Sunday-school,  Cheyenne,  Wyoming,  25  00 

Citizens  of  Saratoga  Springs,  N.,  Y., 500  00 

Smith  & Nixon,  Proceeds  of  Sale  of  Piano,  ....  1,795  00 

March  6th,  1884. 

Catoctin  Lodge  No.  113,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Middletown,  Md.,  . 25  00 

Mrs.  Betsy  Elliot,  New  Haven,  Conn., 10  00 

Citizens  of  Eureka,  Nevada, 147  50 

Ladies’  Aid  Society,  First  Baptist  Church,  Hackensack,  N.  J.,  . 82  25 

Presbyterian  Church,  Mifflintown,  Pa., 13  54 

March  7th,  1884. 

Edna  B.  Wilson,  Nelson,  O., 3 00 

Presbyterian  Church,  Catskill,  N.  Y.,  . . . . 50  00 

Sale  of  seventeen  Milk  Cans, 50  00 

Citizens  of  Greensburg,  Pa., 20  50 

March  8th,  1884. 

School  Children,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 38  55 

March  10th,  1884. 

Four  Ladies,  Baptist  Church,  North  Adams,  Mass.,  . . 4 60 

Citizens  of  Le  Mars,  Iowa,  .......  247  80 

Mutual  Aid  Association,  Columbia  Heights,  N.  Y.,  through  G. 

N.  Wilcox, 10  00 

Citizens  of  Burlington,  Iowa,  through  J.  Zaiser,  Mayor,  . 437  28 

March  11th,  1884. 

Schaifer  & Finn,  Proceeds  of  Sale  of  Car  of  Corn  Meal,  Sedg- 
wick, Kan., 227  85 

Citizens  of  Grand  Bapids,  Mich.,  ......  900  00 


Am’t  for’d, 


. $133,007  75 


CASH  RECEIPTS. 


85 


Am’t  for’d, $133,007  75 

Christian  Sunday-school,  Hamersville,  O., 7 00 

Excelsior  Literary  Society,  Hamersville,  O.,  . . . 1 00 

Entertainment  at  Austin,  Texas,  through  Miss  Hettie  B. 

Kinney, 80  00 

March  13th,  1884. 

Entertainment  at  East  Oakland,  Cal.,  through  A.  E.  Magill,  of 

San  Francisco.,  Cal., 84  50 

Sale  of  Grease  by  Amor  Smith  & Co., 3 60 

Mrs.  H.  Hamilton,  Murfreesboro,  Tenn., 5 00 

Belief  Committee  of  Grand  Junction,  Iowa,  . . . 13  25 

Citizens  of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  ......  735  00 

Buckingham  Sunday-school,  Norwich,  Conn.,  . . . . 18  66 

March  14th,  1884. 

Collections  of  Elder  J.  W.  Saunders,  Littleton,  111.,  . . 7 00 

Keceived  through  Ferdinand  Yogeler,  United  States  Consul 
General  at  Frankfort  on  the  Main — 

P.  S.,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . . . 100  Marks 

C.  L.  H.,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . . 100  Marks 

Paul  & Hauer,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . 10  Marks 

N.  Y.,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . . 100  Marks 

B.  S.,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  ...  20  Marks 

M.  Bothschild,  Cincinnati,  O.,  . . . 50  Marks 

Baur  & Lindheimer,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  20  Marks 
G.  A.  S.,  Wiesbaden,  ....  500  Marks 
John  Frank,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . . 100  Marks 
Wilhelm  Bieger,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . 40  Marks 

M.  B.  G.,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . . 200  Marks 

Bahm,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . . 20  Marks 

G.  B.,  Wiesbaden, 50  Marks 

Wm.  J.,  Pickaway  Co.,  O.,  ...  100  Marks 

P.  P.  Cahensly,  Lineburg,  A.  D.  Lahn,  . 20  Marks 

Suligman  & Stettheimer,  Frankfort  on  the 

Main,  . 300  Marks 

L.  Speyer  Elissen,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . 300  Marks 

H.  P.,  Wiesbaden,  100  Marks 

Am’t  for’d, . $133,962  76 


86 


TREASURER’ S REPORT. 


Consul 


200  Marks 


Ain’t  for’d,  $133,962  76 

Received  through  Ferdinand  Yogeler,  United  States 
General  at  Frankfort  on  the  Main — Continued. 

Consul  General  Yogeler,  Frankfort  on  the 

Main, 

Vice  Consul  General  Hogue,  Frankfort  on 

the  Main, 50  Marks 

N.  N.,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  ...  20  Marks 

A.  Lipmann,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . 30  Marks 

Trapp  & Munch,  Friedburg,  ...  50  Marks 

Frank  Wirth,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . 10  Marks 

S.  Neustadt,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . . 100  Marks 
Louis  Heidenheimer,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  50  Marks 
S.  F.,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  ...  40  Marks 

H.  J.  H.,  Munich, 5 Marks 

W.  V.,  Wiesbaden, 50  Marks 

S.  W.  Hanauer,  Frankfort  of  the  Main,  . 40  Marks 

F.  H.,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . . 30  Marks 

Hotel  d’ Angleterre,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  50  Marks 
A.  Kuhn,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . . 200  Marks 

Hauseman  Bro.,  Hamburg,  ...  50  Marks 

C.  F.  Dormer,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . . 100  Marks 

Leop.  Lindheimer,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  20  Marks 
J.  H.  Rossbach,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . 30  Marks 

H.  W.  S.,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . . 25  Marks 

L.  W.  B.,  New  York, 60  Marks 

Dr.  John  H.  Oswald,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  50  Marks 

David  Ballin,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . . 60  Marks 

X. ,  Mayence, 10  Marks 

A.  Schwerin,  Wiesbaden,  . . . .100  Marks 

Friede-Beuttenmiller,  Stuttgart,  . . 20  Marks 

Skat.  Partie,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . . 3.85  “ 

C.  W.  Schwarz,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . 20  Marks 

Dr.  Med.  Leop.  Wilbrand,  Frankfort  on  the 

Main, 10  Marks 

Alfred  & Lilly,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  1 Mark 

S.  Kuznitzky,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,^  . 20  Marks 

Julius  May,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . 100  Marks 


Am’t  for’d, 


$133,962  76 


CASH  RECEIPTS. 


87 


Ain’t  for’d,  $133,962  76 

Received  through  Ferdinand  Vogeler,  United  States  Consul 
General,  at  Frankfort  on  the  Main — Continued. 

O.  L.,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  ...  20  Marks 

Henrich  Levi,  Bingen,  ....  20  Marks 

W.  H.  Ladengurg  & Sons,  Frankfort  on  the 

Main, 300  Marks 

Fr.  Geibel  & Co.,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,.  20  Marks 
S.  H.  R.,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  ...  20  Marks 

A.  L.  W.,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . . 50  Marks 

Mrs.  Seligsberg,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . 100  Marks 


Total  in  United  States  money,  ....  1,000  00 

Citizens  of  Danbury,  Conn.,  through  E.  S.  Tweedy,  . . 688  23 

Sale  of  one  Tub  of  Butter, 9 88 

Sale  of  one  empty  Coal  Barge, 50  00 

Children  of  Winfield,  Iowa,  through  Mrs.  L.  A.  Sibert,  . 10  20 

Proceeds  of  Raffle  of  Silver  Watch, 15  75 

March  15th,  1884. 

Employes  of  Illinois  Watch  Co.,  Springfield,  111.,  . . . 328  25 

Sale  of  Peas,  Hams  and  Sugar  Corn,  byJWm.  Glenn  & Sons,  . 434  13 

March  17th,  1884. 

Citizens  of  Rock  Island,  111., 159  60 


March  19th,  1884. 

Baptist  Church,  of  Union  City,  Pa.,  through  D.  Hiscock,  Treas- 


urer,   4 00 

Relief  Committee  of  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  ....  482  51 

Sale  of  seven  small  Milk  Cans, 10  00 

March  20th,  1884. 

Unity  Club  of  Newport,  R.  I., 400  00 

March  22nd,  1884. 

Eberhard  Faber,  New  York  City, 25  00 

Esterbrook  Pen" Co.,  Camden,  N.  J., 50  00 

Tower  Manufacturing  Co.,  New  York  City,  . . . . 25  00 


. $137,655.^31 


Am’t  for’d, 


88 


TREASURER’ S REPORT. 


Am’t  for’d,  . . $137,655  31 

Edward  Kimpton,  New  York  City, 10  00 

Citizens  of  Waterbury,  Conn.,  through  H.  A.  Matthews,  Mayor,  1,872  11 

March  25th,  1884. 

Employes  of  DeGolyer  Bros.  Varnish  Co.,  Chicago,  111.,  . 22  00 

March  26th,  1884. 

Employes  of  Crofut  & Knapps  Hat  Co.,  Newark,  Conn.,  . 17  15 

Julia  H.  Van  Reid,  Mountain  View,  Cal.,  ....  5 00 

March  28th,  1884. 

Entertainment  at  College  Corner,  O., 19  00 

Sale  of  thrity-one  Cars  of  Corn,  from  City  of  Wichita  and 

Sedgwick  county,  Kan.,  .......  7,234  57 

City  of  Wichita,  and  Sedgwick  county,  Kan.,  . . .•  350  00 

March  29th,  1884. 

Citizens  of  Oxford,  O., 39  65 

Women’s  National  Relief  Association,  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  . 30  00 

April  2nd,  1884. 

Proceeds  Ball  given  at  Eureka,  Nevada,  ....  101  00 

First  M.  E.  Church,  New  Haven,  Conn,  (additional),  . . 5 62 

April  3rd,  1884. 

L.  S.,  New  York  City, 2 00 

Citizens  Braidwood,  111.,  through  E.  W.  Fellow,  . . . 91  40 

Miners  of  Diamond  Mine,  Braidwood,  111.,  . . . . 128  33 

April  4th,  1884. 

Miners  at  Braidwood,  111., 17  25 

Sale  Matches  donated  by  Portland  Star  Match  Co.,  Portland,  Me.,  29  70 

April  5th,  1884. 

City  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 25,000  00 


Am’t  for’d, 


$172,630  09 


CASH  RECEIPTS 


Am’t  for’d, 


$172,630  09 


April  8th,  1884. 

Ohio  State  Relief  Commission,  for  outside  distribution, 


515  25 


April  lOth,  1884. 

Ohio  State  Relief  Commission,  for  outside  relief  between  Big 

and  Little  Miami  Rivers, 3,000  00 

Ohio  State  Relief  Commission, 10,000  00 

April  11th,  1884. 

Received  through  Ferdinand  Yogeler,  United  States  Consul 
General  Frankfort  on  the  Main — (additional.) 

Geo.  Wedeles,  Frankfort  on  the  Main, 

L.  Jacobi,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . 

J.  C.  Korch,  Berlin,  .... 

R.  Riesser,  Frankfort  on  the  Main, 

I.  S.,  Frankfort  on  the  Main, 

Mrs.  Martha,  Frankfort  on  the  Main, 

S.  N.,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,. 

M.  M.,  Frankfort  on  the  Main, 

Otto  Mewe,  Shramberg, 

Mrs.  Chas.  Zinn,  Frankfort  on  the  Main, 

I.  Newberger,  Frankfort  on  the  Main, 

Dr.  H.  Roessler,  Frankfort  on  the  Main, 

S.  Austalt,  Frankfort  on  the  Main, 

H.  Roessler,  Frankfort  on  the  Main, 

Yaterlaendischer  Frauenverein  Zweigverein 

Neuwied,  Frankfort  on  the  Main, 

E.  Bayer,  Frankfort  on  the  Main, 

S.  H.  Ulmer,  Nuremberg,  Bavaria,  . 

Chas.  Risdorf,  Frankfort  on  the  Main, 

M.  K.,  Frankfort  on  the  Main, 

L.  Wachtel,  Frankfort  on  the  Main,  . 

A.  Leonhardt  & Co.,  Muehlheim, 

C.  G.  Richter,  Amorbach,  Bavaria, 

A.  Laurenze,  Gross  Karben, 

E.  G.  May  & Sons,  Frankfort  on  the  Main, 

Total  in  United  States  Money, $314  69 


100 

Marks 

100 

Marks 

20 

Marks 

10 

Marks 

25 

Marks 

5 

Marks 

30 

Marks 

100 

Marks 

20 

Marks 

30 

Marks 

30 

Marks 

20 

Marks 

50 

Maiks 

20 

Marks 

300 

Marks 

50 

Marks 

50 

Marks 

100 

Marks 

20 

Marks 

20 

Marks 

50 

Marks 

50 

Marks 

20 

Marks 

50 

Marks 

Am’t  for’d,  . 


. $186,460  03 


90 


TREASURER’ S REPORT. 


Am’t  for’d, $186,460  03 

April  14th,  1884. 

W.  H.  Rison,  Treas.  Relief  Committee,  Andover,  Kan,  . 27  65 

L.  F.  D Mission  Band,  Seventh  Presbyterian  Church,  . . 5 00 

Collection  by  Providence  Daily  Journal,  Providence,  R.  I.,  . 387  63 

Citizens  Rockville,  Conn,  (additional), 11  07 

May  1st,  1884. 

Citizens  West  Point,  Iowa,  through  R.  D.  Stoddard,  . . 31  64 

Sale  24  Cars  Corn  and  1 Car  Flour  from  Citizens  Butler  Co., 

Kansas, 5,354  41 


May  3rd,  1884. 

Proceeds  Sale  of  Rope, 41  66 

Ohio  State  Relief  Commission,  for  outside  relief  in  Ohio,  . 1,800  00 

Sale  1 Car  Corn,  from  Andover,  Kansas, 259  35 

Cash  over,  probably  contributed  by  persons  whose  names  were 

lost  in  hurry  of  business, 37  90 

Received  for  Sale  of  office  desk, 15  00 


Totar  cash  receipts, $194,431  34 


Cash  Disbursements. 


CASH  PAID  FOE  THE  RELIEF  OF  SUFFERING  IN 
CINCINNATI. 

Through  the  Associated  Charities — 


Central  Board, 

$1,277  20 

First  District, 

113  95 

Third  District, 

1,300  00 

Fourth  District, 

50  00 

Fifth  District, 

1,782  75 

Sixth  District, 

1,061  00 

Seventh  District,  ..... 

1,159  50 

Eighth  District, 

250  00 

Ninth  District, 

2,297  25 

Tenth  District,  . 

100  00 

Eleventh  District, 

3,611  75 

Twelfth  District,  . . . ' . 

796  GO- 

$13,799  40 

■ough  the  Belief  Union,  .... 

2,610  00 

•ough  Colonel  M.  F.  Reilly,  Chief  of  Police — 

Meals  furnished  police,  .... 

199  70 

Rubber  boots  for  police,  .... 

281  50 

Boat  hire  and  labor  in  same, 

1,142  75 

Sundry  small  item?,  .... 

164  81— 

1,788  76 

Through  C.  W.  Rowland,  Health  Officer,  for  medi- 
cines, etc.,  . 

Paid  for  replacing  and  repairing  houses  displaced 
and  damaged  by  the  flood,  as  follows — 
Twenty -fifth  Ward,  through  Citizens’  Com- 
mittee,   

Twenty-fourth  Ward,  through  Associated  Char- 


513  28 


ities, 


1,155  11 
1,400  40 


$2,555  51  $18,711  44 
(91) 


Am’t  for’d, 


» 


92 


TREASURER'  S REPORT . 


Am’t  for’d, $2,555  51  $18,71144 

Paid  for  replacing  and  repairing  houses  displaced 
and  damaged  by  the  flood — continued. 

First  Ward,  through  Seventh  District,  Asso- 
ciated Charities,  . ■ . . . . 2,895  12 

First  Ward,  through  First  District,  Associated 

Charities, 125  00 — 5,075  63 

Paid  for  houses  totally  destroyed  by  the  flood,  . 1,065  00 

Paid  for  investigating  and  ascertaining  losses  on 

houses, 45  00 

Paid  for  overcoats  for  military,  ....  218  00 

Paid  for  watching  and  cooking  in  school  houses 

while  occupied  by  flood  refugees,  . . 1,521  16 

Paid  for  moving  and  replacing  desks  in  school 

houses, 214  06 

Paid  for  whitewashing  and  cleaning  school  houses,  1,541  60 — 3,276  82 


Paid  for  hire  of  boats  and  labor  in  same,  . . 1,154  50 

Paid  for  cooking  provisions,  ....  175  00 

Paid  for  drayage  and  express  charges,  . . . 243  80 

Paid  for  sundry  small  items,  ....  331  84 

Paid  for  labor,  handling  supplies,  distributing  coal, 

clerk  hire,  stationery,  publishing  report,  etc.,  1,437  76 

Keturned  to  the  City  of  Cincinnati,  through  the 
Sinking  Fund  Commission,  balance  of  fund 
for  the  relief  of  suffering  in  Cincinnati,  un- 
used,   5,260  74 


CASH  PAID  FOR  MERCHANDISE  DISTRIBUTED  IN 
CINCINNATI. 


Paid  for  mattresses, 1,489 

Paid  for  cots, 24 

Paid  for  blankets, 5,879 

Paid  for  comforts, 2,719 

Paid  for  coal, 2,146 

Paid  for  stockings,  ......  238 

Paid  for  fresh  meat, 59 

Paid  for  sausage, 2,076 

Paid  for  hams, 15,476 


06 

00 

76 

31 

84 

5-1 

73 

00 

64 


Am’t  for’d, 


. $30,409  85  $36,995  53 


CASH  DISBURSEMENTS. 


93 


Ain’t  for’d, $30,409  85  $36,995  53 


CASH  PAID  FOR  MERCHANDISE  DISTRIBUTED  IN 
CINCINNA  TI—  CON  TIN  UED. 


Paid  for  mess  pork,  .... 

543 

31 

Paid  for  shoulders  and  sides, 

. 4,537 

46 

Paid  for  corned  beef,  .... 

294 

45 

Paid  for  canned  meat,  .... 

49 

50 

Paid  for  coffee,  .... 

4,477 

38 

Paid  for  sugar,  ..... 

. 1,919 

61 

Paid  for  tea, 

435 

35 

Paid  for  bread, 

. 4,770 

42 

Paid  for  crackers  and  hard  bread, 

2,023 

15 

Paid  for  rice,  ..... 

. 1,274 

60 

Paid  for  beans,  .... 

1,972 

60 

Paid  for  onions,  ..... 

59 

90 

Paid  for  potatoes,  .... 

56 

78 

Paid  for  rubber  coats  and  boots,  . 

. 328 

55 

Paid  for  tinware,  hardware,  etc., 

866 

16 

Paid  for  salt,  . . 

15 

00 

Paid  for  cheese,  .... 

218 

25 

Paid  for  shoes,  ..... 

. 4,995 

95 

Paid  for  rope  and  tackle,  . 

385 

04 

Paid  for  flour,  ..... 

51 

28—  59,684  59 

CASH  PAID  FOR  RELIEF  OF  SUFFERING 

OUTSIDE 

OF  CINCINNA  TI 

Warrenton,  0., 

. 775 

00 

Brilliant,  Ohio,  . . . 

170 

00 

Newburg  Bottom,  0.,  ... 

90 

00 

West  Wheeling,  O., 

250 

00 

Bellaire,  O.,  .... 

. 1,500 

00 

Bearsville,  0., 

210 

00 

Clarington,  0., 

. 250 

00 

Cochranville,  0.,  .... 

1,690 

00 

Sardis,  0., 

. 210 

00 

Little  Muskingum,  0., 

40 

00 

Newport,  O., 

. 145 

00 

Am’t  for’d, 


$5,330  00  $96,680  12 


94  TREASURER’ S REPORT. 


Ain’t  for’d, $5,330  00  $96,680  12 

CASH  PAID  FOR  RELIEF  OF  SUFFERING  OUTSIDE 
OF  CINCINNATI— CONTINUED. 

Newell’s  Run,  0., 350  00 

Marietta,  O., 1,000  00 

Harmar,  O.,  500  00 

Belpre,  ()., 640  00 

Gaysport,  O., 100  00 

Coolville,  O., 100  00 

Hockingport,  O., 505  00 

Letart  Falls,  O., 100  00 

Long  Bottom,  O., 350  00 

Stringburg  and  Applegrove,  O.,  . . . . 80  00 

Antiquity,  O., 600  00 

Racine,  O., 400  00 

Syracuse,  ()., 1,555  00 

Minersville,  O., 1,350  00 

Middleport,  0 890  00 

Pomeroy,  O., 500  00 

Cheshire,  O., 50  00 

Addison,  O., 275  00 

Mapleshade,  O., 300  00 

Gallipolis,  O., 50  00 

Hanging  Rock,  O., 260  00 

Millersport,  O., 85  00 

Silver  Run,  O., 125  00 

Ironton,  O., 2,050  00 

Buena  Vista,  O., 110  00 

Between  Buena  Vista  and  Pond  Run,  O.,  . . 110  00 

Franklin  Furnace,  O., 140  00 

Pine  Creek,  O., 135  00 

Pond  Run,  O., 230  00 

Portsmouth,  ()., 1,020  00 

Manchester,  O., 300  00 

Between  Manchester  and  Wrights ville,  O.,  . . 255  00 

Wrightsville,  O., 355  00 

Between  Wrightsville  and  Rome,  O.,  . . . 55  00 


Am’t  for’d, 


. $20,255  00  $96,680  12 


CASH  DISBURSEMENTS.  95 


Ain’t  for’d, $20,255  00  $96,680  12 

CASH  PAID  FOR  RELIEF  OF  SUFFERING  OUTSIDE 
OF  CINCINNATI— CONTINUED. 

Rome,  O., 85  00 

Bouck’s  Ferry,  O., 170  00 

Below  Bouek’s  Ferry,  O., 180  00 

Higginsport,  O., 330  00 

Vicinity  above  Higginsport,  O.,  . . . . 40  00 

Vicinity  below  Higginsport,  O.,  ...  50  00 

Aberdeen,  O., 765  00 

Vicinity  above  Aberdeen,  O.,  . . . 315  00 

Ripley,  O., 1,375  00 

Vicinity  above  Ripley,  O.,  25  00 

Between  Ripley  and  Levanna,  O.,  ...  55  00 

Levanna,  O., 90  00 

Straight  Creek,  O., 50  00 

New  Richmond,  O., 585  00 

New  Palestine,  O., 200  00 

Utopia,  O., 255  00 

Rural,  O., 300  00 

Chilo,  O., 630  00 

Neville,  O., 500  00 

Vicinity  below  Chilo,  O., 50  00 

Moscow,  O., 415  00 

Point  Pleasant,  O., 200  00 

Sweet  Wine,  O., 100  00 

California,  O., 1,150  00 

Newtown,  O., 300  00 

East  Columbia  and  Fleettown,  O.,  . . 1,200  00 

Little  Miami  River,  above  Union  Levee,  O.,  . 435  00 

Uniontown,  O., 170  00 

Gilead,  O., 300  00 

Delhi  and  Industry,  O., 1,130  00 

Elizabethtown  and  vicinity,  O.,  . . . . 500  00 

Riverside,  O., 1,460  00 

Valley  Junction,  Cleves  and  North  Bend,  O.,  . 820  00 

Ne^y  Cumberland.  W.  Va.,  ....  185  00 


Am’t  for’d, 


$34,670  00  $96,680  12 


96 


TREASURER’ S REPORT. 


Am’t  far’d, 

$34,670  00 

CASH  PAID  FOR  RELIEF  OF  SUFFERING 
OF  CINCINNATI— CONTINUED. 

OUTSIDE 

Hamilton,  W.  Va.,  .... 

30  00 

Wellsburg,  W.  Va.,  .... 

. 700  00 

Wheeling,  VV.  Va.,  .... 

455  00 

Moundsville,  W.  Va.,  .... 

. 610  00 

Ben  wood,  W.  Va., 

1,350  00 

Hew  Martinsville,  W.Va.,  . 

. 930  00 

Raven  Rock,  W.  Ya., 

300  00 

Williamstown,  W.  Va., 

. 865  00 

Belleville,  W.  Ya.,  .... 

420  00 

Harris’  Ferry,  W.  Ya.,  .... 

75  00 

Davisville,  W.  Ya.,  .... 

175  00 

Parkersburg,  W.  Va.,  . 

. 200  00 

Murraysville,  W.  Ya., 

170  00 

Ripley  Landing,  W.  Ya., 

. 100  00 

Muse’s  bottoms,  W.  Ya.,  . 

68  00 

Leon,  W.  Ya., 

20  00 

Beech ville,  W.  Ya.,  .... 

15  00 

Point  Pleasant,  W.  Va., 

. 1,030  00 

Henderson,  W.  Ya.,  .... 

205  00 

West  Columbia,  W.  Ya., 

. 100  00 

Hartford  City,  W.  Ya., 

160  00 

Letart,  W.  Va., 

150  00 

West  Huntington,  W.  Ya., 

120  00 

Guyandotte,  W.  Ya., 

. 140  00 

St.  Cloud,  W.  Ya.,  .... 

50  00 

Glen  wood,  W.  Va., 

60  00 

Ceredo,  W.  Ya., 

230  00 

Buffalo,  W.  Ya., 

20  00 

Woodlands,  V/.  Ya.,  .... 

55  00 

Hew  Murraysville,  W.  Va., 

25  00 

Sandy  City  and  vicinity,  Ky.,  . 

325  00 

Ashland  and  vicinity,  Ky.,  . 

. 105  00 

Bellefante,  Ky.,  . . . . 

140  00 

Cattlettsburg,  Ky.,  .... 

. 580  00 

Am’t  far’d, 


. $44,648  00  $96,680  12 


CASH  DISBURSEMENTS 


97 


Ain’t  for’d, $44,648  00  $96,680  12 

CASH  PAID  FOR  REL  TEF  OF  S OFFERING  0 UTSIDE 
OF  CINCINNATI— CONTINUED. 

Greenup,  Ky., 260  00 

Lime  Kiln  Landing,  Ky., 100  00 

Springville,  Ky., 305  00 

Above  Quincy,  Ky., 50  00 

Keemy  Bottom-!,  Jenks  Run  and  vicinity,  Ky.,  270  00 

Concord  and  Wilson’s  Bottoms,  Ky.,  . . . 350  00 

Vanceburg,  Ky., 250  00 

Dover,  Ky., 110  00 

Maysville,  Ky., 500  00 

Augusta,  Ky., 1,300  00 

Between  Augusta  and  Dover,  Ky.,  . . . 205  00 

Tietzville,  Kv., 200  CO 

Between  Tietzville  and  Four  Mile,  Ky.,  . . 20  00 

Ball’s  Landing,  Ky., 80  00 

Foster,  Ky., 200  00 

California,  Ky., 725  00 

Wellsburg,  Ky., 273  00 

Bellevue,  Ky., 360  00 

Dayton,  Ky., 1,000  00 

Newport,  Ky., 1,500  00 

Covington,  Ky., 150  00 

Boone  county,  Ky, 708  85 

Sutlers,  Ky., 15  00 

Tavlorsport,  Ky., 112  00 

Glenn’s  Landing,  Kv.,  45  00 

Stepstone,  Ky., 40  00 

Quails’  Hollow,  Ky., 10  00 

Hodgesville,  Ky., 70  00 

Bemis,  Ky., 20  00 

Darcy’s  Flats,  Ky., 25  00 

Coopnrs,  Ky., 35  00 

Taylors,  Ky., 10  00 

Bromley,  Ky., 145  00 

Giesters,  Ky., . 110  00 


Am’t  for’d, 


$54,201  85  $96,680  12 


98 


TREASU  RER’  S REPORT. 


Am’t  for’d,  . ...  $54,201  85  $96,680  12 


CASH  PAID  FOR  RELIEF  OF  SUFFERING  OUTSIDE 
OF  CINCINNATI— CONTINUED. 


Constance,  Ky., 

. 175  00 

Stringtown,  Ky., 

45  00 

North’s  Landing,  Ky.,  .... 

. 90  00 

Four  Mile.  Ky., 

20  00 

Saddler’s  Landing,  Ky.,  .... 

. 25  00 

Above  Rabbit  Hash,  Ky., 

45  00 

Rabbit  Hash,  Ky., 

. 130  00 

Anderson’s  Landing,  Ky., 

5 00 

Goss,  Ky., 

. 20  00 

East  Bend,  Ky., 

40  00 

Longley  Creek,  Ky.,  ... 

. 25  00 

Above  Longley  Creek,  Ky., 

25  00 

Milton,  Ky., 

. 590  00 

Ludlow,  Ky., 

50  00 

Concordia,  Ky.,  ..... 

. 15  00 

Rome,  Ky., 

70  00 

Brandenburg,  Ky.,  .... 

. 20  00 

Cloverport,  Ky., 

25  00 

Rockport  and  Enterprise,  Ky., 

. 93  00 

Dover,  Raleigh,  and  vicinity,  Ky., 

120  00 

Fair  Play,  Ky..  . .... 

. 305  00 

Walnut  Bottoms,  Ky., 

. 1,110  00 

Ford’s  Ferry,  Ky 

. 100  00 

Smithland,  Ky., 

375  00 

Paducah,  Ky., 

. 115  00 

Birdsville,  Ky., 

50  00 

Garrison,  Ky., 

. . 75  00 

Caseyville,  Ky., 

250  00 

Uniontown,  Ky.,  ...... 

. 500  00 

Lawrenceburg,  Ind.,  .... 

. 5.800  00 

Alton,  Ind., 

. 10  00 

Tanyard,  Ind., 

20  00 

Patriot,  Ind., 

. 155  00 

Florence,  Ind, 

600  00 

Am’t  for’d, 


$65,294  85  $96,680  12 


CASH  DISB  URSEMENTS. 


99 


Am’t  for’d,  ...... 

$05,294  85 

CASH  PAID  FOR  RELIEF  OF  SUFFERING  OUTSIDE 

OF  CINCINNATI-CONTINUED. 

Aurora  arid  Cochran,  Ind., 

1,500  00 

Rising  Sun,  Ind.,  ..... 

121  10 

Fulton,  Ind., 

. . .265  00 

Point  Township,  Ind.,  .... 

420  00 

Suntown,  Ind.,  ..... 

. 15  00 

Clifton  Ridge,  Ind., 

15  00 

Plow  Handle  Point,  Ind., 

. 20  00 

Pypree’s  Bottom,  Ind.,  .... 

25  00 

Rogers,  Ind.,  ...... 

. 45  00 

Madison,  Ind.,  ...... 

1 50  00 

New  Amsterdam,  Ind.,  .... 

. 25  00 

Mauckport,  Ind.,  . 

. 95  00 

Leaven woith,  Ind., 

. 185  00 

Tell  City,  Ind., 

25  00 

Shawneetown,  111.,  ..... 

1,000  00 

Wabash  Bottoms,  111.,  .... 

. 3,060  00 

Cave  in  Rock, 

. 180  00 

Elizabethtown,  111.,  .... 

50  00 

Rose  Claire,  111., 

. 235  00 

Golconda,  111., 

1,175  00 

New  Liberty,  111.. 

. 490  00 

Bay  City,  111., 

20  00 

Metropolis,  111., 

. 400  00 

West  Franklin, 

195  00 

Paid  agents  employed  to  distribute  outside 

relief, 

their  services  and  expenses, 

1,636  27 

Outside  relief  charged  on  account  of  publishing  re- 

port  and  general  expenses,  . 

509  81- 

Am’t  for’d, 


$173,832  15 


100 


TREAS  URER’  S REPORT, 


Arn’t  ford, $173,832  15 

CASH  PAID  FOR  MERCHANDISE  DISTRIBUTED 
FROM  STEAMER  GRANITE  STATE,  ON  HER  TRIP 
FROM  CINCINNATI  TO  IRON  TON,  OHIO,  AND 
RETURN. 


1,169  GO 
1,426  65 
. 190  00 
504  70 
. 175  00 


Paid  for  blankets, 
Paid  for  comforts, 
Paid  for  stockings, 
Paid  for  shoes, 

Paid  for  mattresses, 
Paid  lor  cots, 

Paid  for  bacon, 

Paid  for  mess  pork, 
Paid  for  cheese, 
Paid  for  sausage,  . 
Paid  for  ham«, 

Paid  for  shoulders, 
Paid  lor  fresh  meat, 
Paid  f«>r  coffee, 

Paid  for  sugar,  . 
Paid  for  onions, 
Paid  for  salt, 

Paid  for  beans, 

Paid  for  tea, 

Paid  for  rice, 

Paid  for  potatoes, 
Paid  for  bread, 

Paid  for  crackers, 


25  00 
1,020  00 
1,400  00 
. 212  63 
483  15 
3,215  49 
429  00 
. 25  99 

1,233  76 
. 515  92 

17  40 
15  70 

425  00 
90  00 
260  00 

18  00 
210  00 

1,608  00—  14,670  99 


PAID  FOR  EXPENSES  OF  TRIP  OF  STEAMER  GRAN- 
ITE STATE. 

Paid  for  charter  of  boat, 240  00 

Paid  for  coal, 158  22 

Paid  for  pay-roll  of  crew, 367  77 

Paid  for  stores  for  crew, 86  68 

Paid  for  dray  age, 200  00  1,052  67 


Am’t  for’d. 


$189,555  81 


CASH  DISBURSEMENTS. 


101 


Am’t  for’d, 


$189,555  81 


[In  addition  to  the  merchandise  distributed  by' the  Granite  State  here- 
tofore specified,  the  United  States  Government,  through  General  A.  Beck- 
with, Deputy  Commissary  General,  U.  S.  A furnished  supplies  to  the  value 
of  $10,000,  which  were  placed  on  the  said  Steamer,  and  distributed  under 
the  direction  of  Lieutenant  Taylor,  U.  S.  A.] 


CASH  PAID  FOR  MERCHANDISE  FOR  RELIEF  OF 
S UFFERING  0 UTS  IDE  CINCINNA  27— (In  ad- 
dition to  distribution  made  bv  Steamer  Gran- 


ite State.; 
Paid  for  coal, 

Paid  for  blankets. 
Paid  for  comforts, 
Paid  for  mattresses, 
Paid  for  sugar. 

Paid  for  bread, 

Paid  for  coffee, 

Paid  for  tea, 

Paid  for  beans, 

Paid  for  sausage,  . 
Paid  for  meat,  . 
Paid  for  cheese, 
Paid  for  hams, 

Paid  for  crackers, 
Paid  for  rice, 

Paid  for  shoulders, 
Paid  for  pork,  . 
Paid  for  sundries, 


789  15 
288  00 
110  20 
62  70 
46  80 
213  75 
206  04 
35  50 
120  13 
256  50 
620  00 
33  96 
941  60 
401  32 
81  30 
95  20 
180  00 

393  38—  4,875  53 


Total  cash  disbursements, 


$194,431  34 


Recapitulation. 


‘CASH  RECEIPTS. 

A mount  of  receipts  credited  to  Cincinnati,  . $96,680  12 

Amount  of  receipts  credited  to  places  outside  of 

Cincinnati, 97,751  22 

Total  amount  of  cash  received,  . $194,431  34 

$194,431  34 


CASH  DISBURSEMENTS. 


Amount  distributed  in  Cincinnati,  . . . $31,734  79 

Amount  paid  for  merchandise  distributed  in 

Cincinnati, 59,684  59 

Total  cash  paid  for  city  relief  . . $91,419  38 

Amount  distributed  in  places  outside  of  Cin- 
cinnati,   $77,152  03 

Amount  paid  for  merchandise  distributed  in 

places  outside  of  Cincinnati,  . . 20,599  19 

Total  cash  paid  for  outside  relief,  $97,751  22 


Amount  returned  to  the  City  of  Cincinnati,  being 
balance  unused  of  fund  credited  to  Cincinnati, 


91,419  38 


$97,751  22 
5,260  74 


$194,431  34 


S.  F.  DANA,  Treasurer. 


Cincinnati , June  25th,  1884. 


H.  C.  URNER,  ESQ., 

Chairman  Relief  Committee: 

Dear  Sir — The  undersigned  Committee,  appointed  to  audit  the  ac- 
counts of  S.  F.  Dana,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  hereby  certify  that  they  have 
carefully  examined  said  accounts  and  find  them  correct. 


FRANK  ALTER, 
JAMES  LOWMAN, 


Committee 


(102) 


DONATIONS 


OK 


Merchandise  and  Supplies. 


H.  C.  URNER,  ESQ., 


Cincinnati,  June  2bth,  1884. 


Chairman  Relief  Committee : 

Herewith  please  find  a list  of  donations  of  merchandise  and  supplies 
contributed  to  the  Relief  Committee  for  the  sufferers  by  the  flood.  The 
undersigned  take  this  occasion  to  express  their  great  obligation  to  the 
following  gentlemen  for  very  efficient  assistance  rendered  them  in  the  per- 
formance of  their  duties:  J.  Clifford  Gould,  Lou.  Stern,  H.  G.  Roelker, 
Morris  H.  Isaacs,  Chas.  J.  Smith,  R.  M.  Bishop,  Jr.,  Chas.  E.  Wilson, 
Max  Ackerland,  Harry  Ackerland,  Lawrence  Mendenhall,  Rufus  S. 
Simmons,  A.  Reinburg. 

JNO.  L.  STETTINIUS, 

Chairman  Committee  on  Bedding,  Clothing  and  Shoes. 


THUS.  G.  SMITH, 

Chairman  Committee  on  General  Supplies. 


Anderson  & Stewart,  5 barrels  crackers. 

Adam  Geis,  2 pillows  and  cases. 

Shipley,  Hoover  & Co.,  1 bale  blankets. 

Sol.  Langdon  & Son,  1 box  cakes. 

J.  Rowan,  25  loaves  bread. 

Bloch  & Co.,  50  flags  and  2 signs. 

Frank  Paffey,  2 barrels  bread. 

A.  W.  Frank,  50  pounds  Turkish  coffee. 

Mr.  Ferris,  4 dozen  loaves  bread. 

J.  A.  Moore  & Co.,  10  barrels  kale  and  1G  gallons  oysters. 

B.  Cavagna  & Son,  100  loaves  bread. 

Cohen  & Rusk,  1 pair  opera  glasses. 


(103) 


104 


THE  RELIEF  COMMITTEE 


Sanford  Klein,  donation  of  all  prescriptions  sent  him. 

Edman  Johns,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Casper  Gchred,  300  pounds  sausage. 

No  name,  1 bundle  clothing. 

J.  Oettinger,  1 barrel  flour  and  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Workum,  1 bundle  clothing. 

A.  L.  Frazer  & Co.,  280  pounds  coffee. 

John  Bailie  & Son,  5 barrels  crackers. 

Wilstach,  Baldwin  & Co.,  2 order  books.' 

Richard  Walter,  1 bag  bread. 

Dennison  Manufacturing  Co.,  1 lot  twine. 

Gould,  Pearce  & Co.,  25  bales  cotton  batting. 

No  name,  1 bundle  shoes. 

Mrs.  R.  S.  Crigler,  100  loaves  bread  and  1 bundle  clothing. 

Jno.  C.  Bruckman,  5 gallons  milk. 

A.  Heiberg,  2 packages  clothing. 

Mrs.  Wartske,  2 bundles  clothing. 

Joseph  Weber,  1 bundle  clothing. 

No  name,  1 boy’s  coat. 

Card  & Evans,  200  loaves  bread. 

No  name,  one  dress. 

B.  Schroeder,  1 bundle  men’s  clothing. 

Thirteenth  District  School,  1 wagon  load  clothing  and  provisions. 

Miss  Dusenbery  and  Mrs.  Fox,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Goldsmith,  Klaw  & Co.,  24  pair  pants  and  12  suits  clothing. 

No  name,  1 hat. 

R.  J.  McCombs.  10  empty  barrels. 

IT.  W.  Hodges,  2 empty  barrels. 

Mrs.  Ferguson,  4 pounds  coffee,  11  pounds  sugar,  2 dozen  rolls,  6 loav 
bread. 

Mrs.  Clara  Richey,  13  pairs  hose,  3 pairs  shoes,  1 sacque,  and  unde 
wear. 

L.  Rehfus,  1 bushel  green  peas. 

Shaker  Preserving  Co.,  25  empty  barrels. 

No  name,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  E.  E.  Rowe,  1 package  baby  clothing. 

Carrie  Sebree,  5 dresses  and  underwear. 

David  Benjamin,  1 box  caps. 

No  name,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Hurley  & Strietman,  4 barrels  crackers. 


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105 


No  name,  1 bundle  clothing. 

William  Schroder,  1 bundle  clothing. 

C.  M.  Poor,  40  bushels  potatoes. 

No  name,  1 coat. 

Mrs*  Ellis,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Henry  Pogue,  1 bundle  clothing. 

J.  F.  Ostenkamp,  3 barrels  bread,  2 barrels  potatoes,  1 box  butter. 
No  name,  3 bundles  clothing. 

John  Keeshan,  20  cases  Victor  baby  food. 

Cunningham,  Curtis  & Co.,  hams  to  the  value  of  $20.00. 

Mrs.  Daniel  Wolf,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Avondale,  2 bundles  clothiug. 

Chas.  Erbach,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Sol.  Langdon  & Son,  1,000  loaves  bread. 

Mrs.  Joseph  L.  Hall,  6 barrels  potatoes. 

J.  Kelly,  Superintendent  Court  House,  1 boat. 

No.  397  West  Fourth  Street,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Graveson,  Walnut  Hills,  2 bundles  clothing. 

Miss  Helen  Stribley,  2 bundles  clothing. 

Miss  Hattie  Nibron,  2 bundles  clothing. 

No  name,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  L.  P.  Harmon,  1 large  package  clothing. 

Wm.  Ronsheim,  500  loaves  bread. 

No  name,  1 box  clothing  and  shoes. 

Shane,  Waldheim  & Co.,  100  loaves  bread. 

Henry  L.  Fry,  1 package  coats. 

W.  D.  Freeman,  1 bundle  clothing  and  bedding. 

No  name,  1 bundle  sundries. 

Wm.  Hubbell  Fisher,  1 package  clothing. 

No  name,  1 bundle  clothing. 

S.  T.  Griffith  & Bro.,  100  pounds  ground  coffee. 

Theophilus  Wilson,  Avondale,  1 lot  clothing  and  shoes. 

No  name,  one  bundle  clothing. 

Buchman  Bros,  1 dozen  overalls. 

Mrs.  E.  Hawley,  1 bundle  clothing. 

L.  Rauch,  25  loaves  bread. 

Miss  C.  E.  Nourse,  1 bundle  clothing  and  one  box  canned  meats. 
F.  X.  Merkle,  Sr.,  40  loaves  bread. 

Mrs.  R.  H.  Sellew,  1 package  clothing. 

Mrs.  J.  P.  Geppert,  70  loaves  bread. 


106 


THE  RELIEF  COMMITTEE. 


R.  L.  Hoeflich,  Maysville,  Ky.,  35  loaves  bread. 

Mrs.  Francis,  1 barrel  potatoes. 

Chas.  Kebler,  3 bundles  clothing. 

Jas.  McKeehan  & Co.,  20  empty  barrels. 

Mrs.  Wm.  Kesor,  Clifton,  10  bushels  potatoes  and  2 bundles  clothing. 
Mrs.  A.  Ackerland,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Jerome  Smith,  Avondale,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  G.  W.  Smith,  Avondale,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Fayette  Smith,  Avondale,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Augustus  Darr,  Avondale,  1 bundle  clothing  and  one  barrel  po- 
tatoes. 

Mrs.  Dr.  Weatherhead,  Avondale,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  G.  H.  Wilbur,  Avondale,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Charles  Thompson,  Avondale,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Hugh  McCullum,  Avondale,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Dr.  Seudder,  Avondale,  1 bundle  clothing. 

J.  B.  Martin,  1 dozen  loaves  bread. 

Ladies  of  Fairmount,  11  packages  clothing. 

McCabe  & Marsh,  1 barrel  onions. 

J.  A.  Baird  & Co.,  1 barrel  onions. 

Earl,  Lyon  & Co.,  1 barrel  onions. 

P.  J.  Rutz  & Co.,  1 barrel  onions. 

H.  H.  Miller  & Co.,  1 barrel  onions. 

John  O.  Moore,  1 barrel  onions. 

Lahman  & Beeching,  1 barrel  onions. 

Bloom  Bros.,  1 barrel  onions. 

Mrs.  Howell  Gano,  1 bundle  clothing. 

No  name,  1 bundle  clothing. 

C.  C.  Couden,  1 package  clothing. 

Ladies  of  Glendale,  O.,  1 wagon  load  of  clothing. 

153  Ohio  Avenue,  1 bundle  clothing  and  hats. 

W.  O.  Stevens  and  Mother,  1 lot  clothing. 

Cunningham,  Curtis  & Co.,  20  empty  barrels. 

Richmond  Street  Christian  Church,  11  packages  clothing. 

W.  T.  Parker,  1 barrel  crackers. 

No  name,  1 basket  clothing. 

Mrs.  Dr.  Potts,  Walnut  Hills,  2 bundles  clothing. 

Pupils  of  Tenth  District  School,  2 wagon  loads  clothing. 

T.  Jacobs,  1 bundle  clothing. 

No  name,  1 package  clothing. 


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Mrs.  J.  P.  O'Connor,  1 package  clothing. 

Mrs.  G.  Netter,  1 package  clothing. 

Mrs.  F.  J.  Jones,  1 package  clothing. 

Tenth  District  School,  1 wagon  load  bread  and  provisions. 

L.  Rauh,  1 box  clothing. 

Mrs.  A.  Fechheimer,  1 package  clothing. 

Mrs.  Seth  Thomas,  2 packages  clothing. 

H.  W.  Hodges,  2 empty  barrels. 

Mrs.  Dr.  Trush,  2 bundles  clothing. 

Mrs.  Fred.  Rauh,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Wm.  Rendigs,  2 packages  clothing. 

S.  Haas,  1 package  clothing. 

M.  Ettinger,  4 packages  clothing. 

Evans  Bros.,  6 empty  barrels. 

J.  R.  Monfort,  1 package  clothing. 

J.  C.  Hopple  & Co.,  200  pounds  roast  coffee. 

Mrs.  J.  Esselborn,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Charles  Fleischmann,  1 bundle  clothing. 

John  C.  Bruckman,  1 basket  eggs. 

Cleveland,  O.,  2 barrels  bread. 

Toledo,  O.,  2 cases  clothing. 

Toledo,  O.,  1 barrel  crackers. 

Toledo,  0.,  1 box  shoes. 

Toledo,  O.,  1 tub  butter. 

Mrs.  M.  Davidson,  Walnut  Hills,  2 packages  clothing,  1 cot. 
Mrs.  R.  Kellogg,  Mt.  Auburn,  2 packages  children’s  clothing. 
Buchman  Bros.,  1 package  underclothes. 

B.  Cavagna  & Son,  100  loaves  bread. 

Pappenheimer  Hardware  Co.,  1 hand-saw. 

Ho  name,  1 bundle  clothing. 

S.  W.  Weidler,  1 package  shoes  and  stockings. 

W.  A.  Clark,  1 package  clothing. 

H.  L.  Fry,  1 package  clothing. 

J.  B.  Martin,  12  loaves  bread. 

F.  W.  Kistorer,  2 packages  clothing. 

George  F.  Otte,  1 bundle  twine. 

Olney,  111.,  1 case  shoes. 

J.  & J.  M.  Johnson,  60  empty  boxes. 

M.  Bauer,  1 dozen  drawers,  5 shirts,  4 over-shirts. 

William  Moore,  1 bundle  clothing. 


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THE  RELIEF  COMMITTEE. 


S L.  Miller,  1 package  clothing. 

Eighth  District  School,  1 wagon  load  clothing  and  provisions. 

Peter  Muschler,  Sr.,  12  loaves  bread. 

Ladies  of  Fairmount,  1 basket  new  underwear. 

Edw.  Graeper,  20  loaves  bread. 

Mr.  Hopple,  1 coat. 

Mrs.  L.  M.  Ringwalt,  2 bundles  clothing. 

No  Name,  1 bundle  clothing. 

No  Name,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Simms,  1 bundle  clothing. 

A.  Sommerfield,  8 pairs  new  pants. 

Convent  Sacred  Heart,  2 baskets  bread,  1 basket  clothing  and  shoes. 
Mrs.  L.  E.  Bruce,  1 package  clothing. 

Mrs.  L.  H.  Wisehart,  1 package  clothing. 

John  R.  Shafer,  2 barrels  bread. 

Mrs.  J.  Crain,  36  pair  stockings. 

Mrs.  Ambrose  White,  2 pair  sheets,  6 pair  stockings. 

Mrs.  LeBoutillier,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Thomas  Lowry,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  A.  J.  Chappie,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Alfred  Spear,  1 bundle  clothing. 

No  Name,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Pape,  1 basket  bread. 

Mrs.  Schwab,  1 basket  bread. 

Bloch  & Co.,  50  banners  and  signs. 

Tenth  District  school,  1 wagon  load'clothing  and  bread. 

George  Schmidt,  1 bundle  clothing. 

No  Name,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Isaac  Herman,  1 bundle  clothing  and  shoes,  1 basket  provisions. 
Mrs.  A.  W.  McCormick,  Walnut  Hills,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  W.  C.  Hunt,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Grace  May  Thomas,  Marietta,  O.,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Henry  Snyder,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Louis  L’Hommedieu,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Chas.  Fleischmann,  J gross  new  stockings. 

James  Heekin  & Co.,  1 lot  coffee. 

Mrs.  Ellen  Moore,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  DeWitt,  Walnut  Hills,  1 crock  baked  beans. 

Mrs.  L.  D.  Johnson,  1 bundle  olothing. 

Mrs.  H.  C.  Urner,  1 bundle  clothing. 


MERCHANDISE  AND  SUPPLIES, 


109 


Ar buckle  Bros.,  New  York,  1,000  pounds  of  roasted  coffee. 

Mrs.  F.  X.  lfeno,  Walnut  Hills,  1 bundle  clothing. 

No  Name,  Walnut  Hills,  1 bundle  clothing. 

No  Name,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Thirteenth  District  School,  1 wagon  load  clothing  and  provisions. 

Toledo,  O.,  2 barrels  bread. 

G.  Schiller,  90  pounds  coffee. 

Ladies  of  Avondale,  1 wagon  load  clothing. 

J.  Abbey  & Son,  Dayton,  O.,  one  case  clothing. 

No  Name,  1 bundle  shoes. 

Ladies’  Sewing  Society,  Church  of  Epiphany,  Walnut  Hills,  1 bundle 
. clothing. 

Mrs.  M.  Langdon,  Norwood,  O.,  2 bundles  cfothing. 

Mrs.  E.  Porter,  Walnut  Hills,  1 bundle  clothing. 

H.  Worth heimer,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Union  Villiage  Community,  of  Lebanon,  O.,  14  barrels  corn,  1 barrel  ap- 
ples, 2 barrels  turnips,  19  barrels  potatoes,  1 barrel  beets,  1 bag 
beans. 

Mr.  James,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mr.  Dunlap,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Wolff,  1 bundle  clothing. 

No.  8 Hopkins  St.,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Dunklemeier,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Miss  C.  E.  Nourse,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  F.  H.  Crawford,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Isabelle  and  Ruby  Covington,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  R.  C.  Phillips,  7 children’s  new  dresses. 

Mrs.  Louis  Seasongood,  35  pieces  clothing. 

Mrs.  R.  Archibald,  2 bundles  clothing. 

J.  B.  Martin,  12  loaves  bread. 

Mrs.  Fred.  Blind  and  Mrs.  Hal.  Berber,  Dayton,  O.,  1 case  provisions. 
Mrs.  Donnelly,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  C.  Sommer,  1 bundle  clothing. 

B.  Cavagna  & Son,  100  loaves  bread. 

J.  Abbey  & Son,  Dayton,  O.,  1 box  clothing. 

No  Name,  1 box  clothing. 

Mrs.  J.  P.  Geppert,  50  loaves  bread. 

Owen  Bros.,  50  loaves  bread. 

Clemens  Hassen,  150  loaves  bread. 

Miller  & Mollenkamp,  2 hams. 


no 


THE  RELIEF  COMMITTEE. 


A.  W.  Frank,  30  pounds  coflee. 

Dr.  Geppert,  2 bushel  beans,  15  pounds  corned  beef. 

Mrs.  S.  Fhil,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Ladies  of  Fairraount,  O.,  1 basket  new  clothing,  1 lot  new  clothes. 
Elmwood  School,  1 load  bread,  potatoes,  and  clothing. 

Dr.  C.  C.  Bronson,  1 lot  provisions. 

Ladies  of  Bellfontaine,  O.,  (5  cases  clothing. 

Adams  Express  Co.,  charges  on  6 cases  clothing. 

No  Name,  three  pounds  tea. 

Mrs.  C.  F.  Hesser,  1 bundle  clothing. 

E.  Dunn,  Lima,  O.,  1 case  clothing. 

Citizens  Bond  Hill,  O.,  \\  barrels  potatoes,  77  bundles  clothing,  3 pack- 
ages groceries. 

Tenth  District  School,  14  loaves  bread. 

Collected  by  J.  R.  Peebles’  Sons,  Walnut  Hills,  20  bundles  clothing. 
Cincinnati  Manufacturing  Co.,  1 gross  scrubbing  brushes. 

Ladies  First  Universalist  Church,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Twenty-third  District  School,  122  bundles  clothing  and  provisions. 
Walnut  Hills,  3 bundles  clothing. 

A.  A.  Taylor,  Mt.  Yernon,  0.,  20  sacks  flour. 

E.  E.  Evans  & Co.,  1 load  of  kindling. 

Ladies  of  First  Street,  Dayton,  O.,  1 case  clothing,  1 case  provisions,  1 
barrel  crackers. 

Chicago,  111.,  1 case  clothing. 

S.  Wildberg,  75  loaves  bread. 

H.  Watkins,  3 bundles  clothing. 

John  Nespers,  72  loaves  bread. 

City  Work  House,  138  loaves  bread. 

J.  Buss,  1 bundle  clothing  and  shoes. 

Hotel  Emery,  5 gallons  coffee. 

B.  D.  Bishop,  300  gallons  milk. 

Dr.  Charles  C.  Bronson,  1 lot  provisions. 

Mrs.  Shipman,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Willie  Jobson,  1 overcoat. 

J.  L.  Martin,  30  mattresses. 

W.  T.  Matthews,  2 blankets. 

M.  Kreidler,  500  loaves  bread. 

No  Name,  1 overcoat. 

Christian  Oonradi,  150  pounds  flour. 

B.  Cavagna  & Son,  100  loaves  bread. 


MERCHANDISE  AND  SUPPLIES. 


Ill 


A.  Mayer  & Son,  Cardington,  0.,  1 barrel  hams,  1 barrel  potatoes. 
Springfield,  O.,  1 case  clothing. 

415|  Broadway,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Isaac  Levy,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Central  Christian  Church,  1 bundle  underclothes. 

Broadway  Presbyterian  Cnurch,  1 bundle  underclothes. 

S.  Dreyfoos,  1 suit  clothes. 

Mrs.  E.  T.  Sprague,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Joseph  Traulh,  4 barrels  potatoes. 

Fairbank,  Morse  & Co.,  loan  of  scale. 

Mr.  Jacob  Both,  2 bundles  clothing. 

Mrs.  E.  W.  Lippert,  3 bundles  clothing. 

J.  C.  Bruckman  and  William  M.  McGary,  40  gallons  milk. 

Mrs.  Dr.  E.  Freeman,  Walnut  Hills,  3 comforts. 

Ladies  of  Walnut  Hills,  4 packages  clothing. 

Burt.  D.  Bishop,  2 suits  clothes. 

Mrs.  Wehrman,  Mt.  Auburn,  1 barrel  potatoes. 

G.  Runyan,  1 sack  potatoes. 

Thomas  J.  Stephens,  1 box  clothing. 

Kuhn  Bros.,  2 barrels  turnips. 

John  O.  Moore,  1 barrel  onions. 

H.  S.  Williams  & Co.,  1 barrel  turnips. 

Weil,  Cannon  & Co.,  1 barrel  turnips. 

No  Name,  10  barrels  potatoes. 

Rev.  J.  W.  Cracraft,  Elmyra,  O.,  1 large  box  clothing. 

B.  Ellerinan,  50  loaves  bread. 

Mrs.  Lee,  Walnut  Hills,  1 package  clothing. 

Thomas  Bishop,  5 gallons  milk. 

Ladies  of  Bellfontaine,  O.,  27  loaves  bread. 

No  Name,  2 bundles  clothes. 

Robinson  & Spellman,  Kenton,  O.,  1 lot  knives,  forks,  and  spoons. 
Lebanon,  O.,  6 bundles  brooms,  1 sack  onions,  1 sack  corn. 

C.  E.  Brockman,  2 dozen  cups,  saucers,  plates,  and  tumblers. 

J.  W.  Brown,  Pleasant  Ridge,  1 barrel  potatoes. 

A.  R.  Robinson,  Pleasant  Ridge,  2 barrels  potatoes. 

F.  Kincaid,  Pleasant  Ridge,  1 bushel  potatoes. 

J.  B.  Hayden,  Pleasant  Ridge,  1 barrel  potatoes. 

C.  Dravis,  Pleasant  Ridge,  1 bushel  potatoes. 

Ed.  Clark,  Pleasant  Ridge,  1 bushel  potatoes. 

J.  H.  McGowan,  Pleasant  Ridge,  1 lot  sugar  and  coffee. 


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THE  RELIEF  COMMITTEE 


W.  S.  T.,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Clara  Riegelman,  4 dozen  socks. 

First  District  School,  1 wagon  load  clothes  and  provisions. 

H.  C.  Frick  Coke  Co.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  5,000  bushels  coke. 

Mrs.  F.  E.  Huntington,  3 bundles  clothing. 

J.  B.  Martin,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Citizens  of  West  Liberty,  O.,  4 cases  clothing  and  bedding,  5 cases  pro- 
visions and  bread,  6 barrels  bread. 

No  Name,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Gray  Woolen  Co.,  Piqua  O.,  16  pair  blankets,  8 dozen  socks. 

No  Name,  1 bundle  clothes. 

Bloch  & Co.,  100  flags. 

Mrs.  Hayward,  1 bundle  clothing. 

City  Work  House,  128  loaves  bread. 

Orange,  N.  J.,  1 case  sundries. 

Mrs.  J.  M.  Birrel,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Akron,  O.,  1 bale  clothing. 

Mrs.  H.  J.  Ball,  Paris,  111.,  1 case  clothing. 

Chicago,  111.,  5 bales  clothing. 

Mrs.  S.  M.  Barrett,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Mrs.  Drisbro,  Chicago,  111.,  1 bundle  clothing. 

H.  C.  Stewart,  30  loaves  bread. 

Mrs.  J.  Forsyth,  100  loaves  bread. 

Joseph  Weil,  30.  loaves  bread. 

S.  Beman,  30  loaves  bread. 

John  Grossius,  use  of  large  heater. 

Mrs.  J.  W.  Frank,  1 bundle  clothing. 

City  Work  House,  150  loaves  bread. 

Fred.  Maertz,  use  of  buggy  and  hacks. 

The  A.  Erkenbrecher  Co.,  use  of  wagon  and  team. 

F.  Heckerman,  use  of  horse  and  wagon. 

D.  G.  Hunnewell,  use  of  horse  and  wagon. 

J.  Baile  & Co.,  use  of  horse  and  wagon. 

A.  Lotze’s  Sons  & Co.,  use  of  two  horses  and  wagon. 

J.  M.  Cook,  use  of  horse  and  wagon. 

Royer  Wheel  Co.,  use  of  horse  and  wagon. 

Robert  Mitchell  Furniture  Co.,  use  of  wagon  and  team. 

Singer  Manufacturing  Co.,  use  of  wagon  and  team. 

Phoenix  Manufacturing  Co.,  use  of  wagon  and  team. 

The  Marsh  & Harwood  Co.,  use  of  wagon  and  team. 


MERCHANDISE  AND  SUPPLIES, 


Kheinstrom  Bros.,  use  of  wagon  and  team. 

I).  P.  Critchell,  use  of  wagon  and  team. 

J.  Schwab,  use  of  wagon  and  team. 

C.  H.  Keith,  use  of  wagon  and  team. 

Bruce  Carriage  Co.,  use  of  wagon  and  team. 

William  White  & Co.,  use  of  wagon  and  team. 

The  George  Fox  Starch  Co.,  use  of  wagon  and  team. 

H.  Lackman,  use  of  wagon  and  team. 

Holmes  & Morton,  use  of  wagon  and  team. 

Weyand,  Jung  & Heilman,  use  of  3 wagons  and  teams. 

J.  E.  Frey,  use  of  two  wagons  and  teams. 

E.  H.  Huntington  & Co.,  use  of  wagon  and  team. 

J.  B.  Brockman,  use  of  wagon  and  team. 

Mrs.  C.  P.  Gorman,  Dayton,  O.,  1 box  clothing. 

Lima,  O.,  6 boxes  sundries. 

Akron,  O.,  2 boxes  and  2 barrels  sundries. 

Bellefontaine,  O.,  5 boxes  and  1 barrel  sundries. 

C.  W.  Allen  & Co.,  Chicago,  111.,  10  buckets  tobacco. 

Mrs.  C.  Kebler,  1 bundle  clothing. 

P.  P.  Bock,  Akron,  O.,  1 barrel  bread. 

G.  Peadon,  Akron,  0.,  1 barrel  bread. 

Ladies  of  Bellefontaine,  O.,  1 barrel  potatoes. 

C.  Kassen,  50  loaves  bread. 

No  Name,  1 box  clothing. 

Mrs.  Ben.  May,  1 bundle  clothing 
Dayton,  O.,  1 case  bread  and  groceries. 

Pilton  Bros.,  1 bundle  clothing. 

F.  Brown,  Camp  Washington,  O.,  1J  bullock. 

Bauman  & Lackman,  Camp  Washington,  O.,  150  loaves  bread. 
S.  L.  Blaine,  1 box  clothing. 

Mr^.  I.  A.  Frank,  1 pair  shoes. 

F.  Strauss,  1 lot  potatoes. 

Miss  Whittaker,  1 mattress. 

Mrs.  G.  G.  S.  Judah,  1 bundle  children’s  clothing.  ^ 

Mrs.  W.  J.  Flagg,  New  York,  1 box  new  clothing. 

No  Name,  2 boxes  clothing. 

Ladies  of  Wyoming,  ().,  3 barrels  clothing. 

J.  B.  Martin,  10  loaves  bread,  3 dozen  rolls. 

Mrs.  Richey,  1 box  provisions. 

Mrs.  F.  B.  Maertz,  1 bundle  clothing. 


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Jno.  Gardell,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Through  Evening  Post,  7 barrels  and  2 boxes  sundries. 

J.  G.  Closterman,  Jr.,  2 barrels  potatoes. 

Ladies,  Fairmount,  0.,  1 basket  new  clothing. 

Thos.  Bishop,  5 gallons  milk. 

Citizens  Green  and  Miami  Townships,  1 wagon  load  groceries  and  pro- 
visions. 

Mrs.  Echo  Hooker,  Orange,  N.  J.,  2 cases  clothing. 

No  Name,  2 packages  clothing. 

City  Work  House,  170  loaves  bread. 

R.  H.  Thorn  bury,  1 basket  pickles. 

Mrs.  J.  L.  Hall,  1 lot  clothing. 

D.  Trainer  & Son,  Trainer,  Pa.,  12  pair  omega  ticks. 

Church  of  the  Epiphany,  1 lot  clothing. 

Mrs.  A.  G.  Ridlon,  Norwood,  1 lot  clothing. 

Mrs.  J.  H.  Smith,  Avondale,  1 lot  clothing. 

Mrs.  J.  Y.  Lewis,  1 lot  clothing. 

Mrs.  Hewitt,  1 lot  clothing. 

Mrs.  Dav.  Hahn,  1 lot  clothing. 

Mrs.  William  Wood,  1 lot  clothing. 

Mrs.  Ellis,  1 lot  clothing. 

Mrs.  D.  E.  Fletcher,  Oakley,  O.,  1 lot  clothing. 

P.  J.  Ritter,  100  loaves  bread. 

Mrs.  J.  L.  Hall,  15  sacques  and  cloaks. 

Mrs.  Murray,  1 lot  clothing. 

Mrs.  Simpson,  1 lot  clothing. 

Mrs.  Scott,  1 lot  boots  and  clothing. 

Mrs.  Sneyder,  25  pounds  flour,  1 sack  potatoes. 

Joseph  Austrian,  Chicago,  111.,  1 package  clothing. 

Citizens  Elyria,  O.,  1 case  clothing. 

B.  Berhms,  Lexington,  Ky.,  2 packages  clothing. 

Citizens  Dayton,  O.,  1 box  clothing. 

Citizens  Eaton,  O.,  1 box  clothing. 

Ladies  Bellefontaine,  ().,  1 box  clothing. 

Dickman  & Elliot,  Wapakoneta,  O.,  1 churn. 

Mrs.  Charles  E.  Smith,  Mt.  Lookout,  O.,  1 package  clothing. 

S.  Klein,  1 bundle  shoes. 

J.  B.  Martin,  12  loaves  bread. 

No  Name,  1 jar  pickles. 

Ladies  Fairmount,  O.,  1 lot  new  underclothes. 


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J.  H.  Enghers,  1 lot  clothing. 

Ladies  of  Wyoming,  0.,  1 barrel  clothing. 

Mrs.  Griffiths,  Walnut  Hills,  1 lot  clothing. 

Ben  Bassman,  1 barrel  bread. 

News  Journal,  1 lot  clothing. 

P.  G.  Levonosky,  1 lot  clothing. 

Ladies,  Fairmount,  O.,  9 dozen  stockings,  3 hoods,  16  dozen  underwear. 
M iss  Lena  Hoover,  1 dress. 

First  Congregational  Church,  1 lot  clothing. 

Lotze,  Stow  & Co.,  clothing. 

James  Schwartz,  1 lot  clothing. 

H.  H.  Muller,  1 lot  clothing. 

Ninth  District  School,  4 bundles  clothing. 

J.  B.  Martin,  10  loaves  bread  and  3 dozen  rolls. 

Elyria,  0.,  1 case  clothing. 

Mrs.  C.  A.  Thompson,  1 lot  clothing. 

Mrs.  A.  T.  Miller,  1 lot  clothing. 

Ladies  of  Fairmount,  1 lot  new  underwear. 

No  Name,  1 barrel  clothing. 

Ottawa,  O.,  5 boxes  clothing. 

No  Name,  Mechanicsburg,  3 sacks  potatoes. 

Collected  by  Devote  Bros.,  Walnut  Hills,  1 wagon  load  clothing,  1 barrel 
potatoes,  1 box  coffee,  1 cot. 

Citizens  Albany,  N.  Y.,  clothing. 

D.  C.  Backus,  Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  1 box  clothing. 

J.  E.  Sherwood,  First  District  School,  5 barrels  clothing. 

James  Boss,  1 lot  clothing. 

Spring  Valley,  ().,  1 box  provisions. 

Citizens  Sharon,  Pa.,  1 box  clothing. 

Citizens  Akron,  O.,  1 box  clothing  and  1 box  provisions. 

Citizens  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  1 box  clothing. 

Citizens  Ottawa,  O.,  per  Justice  Mayor,  2 boxes  bread. 

Union  School,  Cardington,  O.,  3 barrels  clothing,  4 barrels  provisions,  1 
bundle  clothing. 

Emery  Hotel,  3 barrels  dishes. 

Robt.  Groenland  & Bro.,  delivery  of  medicine  free  of  charge  to  the 
colored  colony. 

Ladies  of  Fairmount,  O.,  1 lot  new  underwear. 

Citizens  Adams,  Mass.,  3 boxes  and  1 barrel  clothing. 

Cincinnati  Coal  and  Coke  Co.,  450  bushels  coke. 


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.J.  H.  Manning,  pipe  and  labor. 

Citizens  Wellsville,  N.  Y.,  1 box  childrens’  stockings. 

Rockford,  111.,  2 bundles  clothing. 

Ladies  of  Fairmount,  0.,  1 wagon  load  clothing. 

Lima,  0.,  3 barrels  clothing. 

A.  G.  Palmer,  mess  pork. 

Mrs.  J.  H.  Payne,  College  Hill,  O.,  1 box  clothing. 

Madison,  O.,  2 barrels  potatoes. 

Eaton,  O.,  Relief  Committee,  20  pairs  hose. 

West  Alexandria,  0.,  per  Commercial  Gazette,  3 boxes  clothing. 
Miamisburg,  ().,  3 barrels  clothing,  1 box  provisions. 

Eaton,  O.,  Citizens,  per  Geo.  H.  Kelley,  8 boxes  clothing,  2 barrels  cloth- 
ing, 5 barrels  potatoes,  1 barrel  flour,  1 keg  provisions. 

Citizens  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  2 boxes  clothing,  2 boxes  provisions,  1 
barrel  clothing. 

Mrs.  George  Headly,  2 barrels  clothing. 

Mrs.  R.  Hineman,  2 barrels  clothing. 

Mrs.  J.  W.  Sibley,  1 barrel  clothing  and  1 pair  shoes. 

Citizens  Newport,  li.  I.,  2 barrels  and  1 box  clothing. 

Citizens  Chicago,  111.,  1 box  clothing. 

Citizens  Lebanon,  O.,  per  J.  M.  Oglesby,  3 barrels  potatoes,  2 bags  pota- 
toes, 1 barrel  corn  meal,  1 box  potatoes,  4 boxes  clothing,  4 barrels 
flour,  1 barrel  clothing,  1 bag  turnips  and  cabbage,  1 barrel  bedding, 
2 barrels  onions,  1 box  meat. 

Citizens  Sharon,  Pa.,  1 box  clothing. 

Mrs.  H.  A.  Blowers,  President  Union  Relief  Society,  Westfield,  N.  Y., 
2 barrels  clothing. 

Mrs.  Rightwin,  Clinton,  Iowa,  1 box  clothing. 

Dr.  Aaron  Wright,  Brooklyn  N.  Y.,  20  barrels  flour. 

Citizens  Miamisburg,  O.,  1 box  clothing. 

Krull  & Volger,  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  10  bags  green  peas. 

Citizens  Bellefoniaine,  O.,  1 box  dry  goods. 

Wm.  Clift,  Kathburn,  Tenn.,  6 sacks  flour. 

St.  Stevens  Parish,  Glean,  N.  Y.,  per  Mrs.  M.  B.  Binnie,  1 box  clothing. 
Congregational  Church,  S.  E.  Eastman  Pastor,  Canandaigua,  N.  Y.,  3 
boxes  clothing. 

M.  E.  Church,  Warren,  O.,  2 boxes  clothing. 

J.  N.  Nuttle,  Cohoes,  N.  Y.,  1 case  shirts  and  drawers. 

A.  H.  M.,  Cohoes,  N.  Y.,  1 case  shirts  and  drawers. 

Domestic  Mills,  Cohoes,  N.  Y.,  1 case  shirts  and  drawers. 


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Henry  F.  Hunter,  Amsterdam,  N.  Y.,  1 box  clothing. 

Citizens  New  Haven,  Conn.,  1 barrel  clothing. 

Citizens  Boston,  Mass,  1 barrel  and  1 box  clothing. 

Citizens  Eaton,  O.,  1 barrel  and  1 box  clothing. 

Citizens  Morrow,  O.,  1 barrel  corn,  1 box  crackers,  1 barrel  crackers,  1 
case  canned  corn,  1 case  canned  peas,  \ barrel  beans,  1 sack  turnips, 
10  sacks  and  3 barrels  flour,  20  barrels  potatoes,  1 barrel  meat,  1 
barrel  clothing,  2 packages  clothing. 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  Sidney,  O.,  1 box  clothing. 

S.  Goodman,  Troy,  N.  Y.,  1 case  shirts. 

Adam  Gimmey,  Carrolton,  111.,  2 boxes  clothing. 

E.  Betzer,  Mattoon,  III.,  1 barrel  clothing. 

Citizens  Franklin,  O.,  1 lot  underwear. 

Citizens  Passaic,  N.  J , 1 lot  clothing. 

Jacob  Anderson,  \ barrel  clothing. 

Hamilton,  O.,  by  D.  W.  Filton  & Co.,  2 boxes  clothing. 

Presbyterian  Church,  N.  Y.,  Rev.  H.  T.  Hunter,  Pastor,  1 box  clothing. 

Davenport  Oat. Meal  Co.,  Davenport,  Iowa.,  5 cases  oat  meal. 

Unknown,  1 barrel  clothing.  J barrel  Clothing. 

J.  I.  Van  Horne,  Franklin,  O.,  1 box  clothing. 

Lewis  Jones,  Bristol,  Pa.,  1 case  stockings. 

J.  M.  Emery,  Le  Mars,  Plymouth  Co.,  Iowa,  1 bundle,  1 box,  and  3 sacks 
clothing. 

Citizen's  Committee,  Franklin,  O.,  to  be  sent  to  Rev.  H.  L.  Lockert, 
Portsmouth,  0.,  5 barrels  bedding  and  clothing,  3 boxes  shoes  and 
stockings,  2 bundles  stockings. 

H.  J.  Cromley,  Cowan,  Pa.,  1 pair  shoes. 

Citizens  of  Spring  Valley  and  vicinity,  per  J.  W.  Smith,  1 box  shoes, 
12  barrels  potatoes,  5 sacks  potatoes,  7 barrels  clothing,  1 sack  cloth- 
ing, 2 barrels  meat,  28  sacks  flour,  21  sacks  meal,  3 barrels  flour. 

Boston  Y'oung  Men’s  Christian  Union,  2 boxes  and  2 barrels  cloth- 
ing, etc. 

W.  II.  Allen,  Relief  Committee  Waynesville,  O.,  2 boxes  and  one  barrel 
clothing. 

Samuel  Longfellow  Guild,  Germantown,  Pa.,  1 box  clothing. 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  Mechanicsburg,  O.,  for  Rev.  J.  T.  Hinkle, 
Manchester,  O.,  7 barrels  clothing  and  bedding,  1 box  provisions. 

T.  N.  Cunningham,  Sheffield,  111.,  5 boxes  clothing. 

J.  R.  Davison,  Secretary  Relief  Committee  Greencastle,  Pa.,  1 car 
clothing,  provisions,  etc. 


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Ladies  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Greenbush,  N.  J.,  2 boxes  clothing 
and  bedding. 

Ladies  Aid  Society,  Warwick,  N.  J.,  per  C.  A.  Crissey,  2 boxes  clothing. 
Ladies  First  Universalist  Church,  Providence,  R.  I.,  10  boxes  clothing. 
Citizens  of  Oxford,  ().,  3 boxes  provisions  and  clothing,  8 boxes,  15  bar- 
rels, and  5 sacks  potatoes. 

Philadelphia,  for  Red  Cross  Society,  5 boxes  clothing. 

Hartford,  Conn.,  for  Red  Cross  Society,  1 bundle  clothing. 

Cincinnati  Coal  and  Coke  Co.,  450  bushels  coal. 

Young  Men’s  Christian  Union,  Boston,  Mass.,  8 barrels  clothing. 

Ottawa,  ().,  1 barrel  potatoes,  1 case  clothing  and  provisions. 

II.  Olmstead,  Danville,  Ky.,  1 skiff. 

Robt.  J.  H.  Archiable,  2 bundles  clothing. 

Fred  Maertz,  use  of  wagon  and  team. 

IL  & H.  Loewenstein,  use  of  two  wagons  and  teams. 

H.  Schlichte,  use  of  wagon  and  team. 

Gus.  Loewenstein,  Sr.,  use  of  wagon  and  team. 

Cincinnati  Suburban  Delivery,  one  wagon  and  team. 

J.  A.  Stewart,  one  wagon  and  team. 

Carter  Cbok,  one  wagon  and  team. 

A.  Fischer  & Co.,  one  wagon  and  team. 

Casper  Gerhard,  one  wagon  and  team. 


Soup  Houses  and  Cooked  Food. 


Cincinnati,  June  18 th,  1884. 

H.  C.  URNER,  ESQ., 

Chairman  Relief  Committee  of  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Common  Council : 

The  undersigned  were  appointed  a Sub-Committee  on  Food  Supplies 
and  Soup  Houses  by  your  Committee,  at  its  meeting  held  in  the  after- 
noon of  February  6th,  1884,  and  immediately  assumed  the  duties  thereof, 
by  making  arrangements  with  the  officers  of  the  Cincinnati  Hospital 
and  County  Jail,  and  Messrs.  Albert  Fischer  & Co.,  and  George  Elstun  & 
Co.,  canned  goods  manufacturers,  for  the  cooking  of  meats  and  the  making 
of  soup  and  coffee,  we  to  furnish  the  material  necessary.  '1  hat  afternoon 
we  purchased,  and  sent  to  the  Hospital,  coffee  and  sugar;  to  the  Jail,  coffee, 
sugar,  beans,  pork,  onions,  salt,  etc ; and  to  Fischer  & Co.  ham-,  with  in- 
structions to  have  same  ready  by  nine  o’clock  the  next  morning.  Then 
made  arrangements  to  furnish  meals  of  these  substantial  to  all  callers  at 
the  following  places:  The  Sixth  Street  Market  House,  for  that  day  alone, 
in  charge  of  Mr.  John  F.  Colling,  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Health.  On  the 
evening  of  that  same  day  the  Market  House  was  abandoned,  and  we 
took  charge  of  the  store  room  No.  192  West  Sixth  street,  at  which  place 
good,  substantial  meals,  consisting  of  bean  and  oj^ster  soup,  coffee,  meat, 
and  bread,  were  furnished  to  all  comers.  Your  Committee  also  furnished 
the  meat,  bread,  soup,  and  coffee,  to  the  following  places: 

First  Ward,  East  Main  and  Lodwick  streets;  Eighteen’s  Engine 
House,  Delta  Station;  Church  of  Atonement;  Colony  (Colored)  School? 
Fifth  District  School  House;  Seventh  District  School  House;  Two’s  En- 
gine House,  Ninth  and  Freeman;  Bethlehem  Mission;  Cumminsville ; 
Eighteenth  District  School  House. 

The  following  sanitary  officers  were  in  attendance  at  these  several 
places,  and  were  cheerful,  willing,  and  faithful  workers  in  the  cause: 

Officers  Samuel  Milligan,  J.  F.  Bollman,  James  McHale,  E.  Hopper, 
John  Conolly,  H.  Shaeffer,  John  Moran,  H.  B.  Haines,  T.  J.  Kelley,  I.  N. 
Theil,  O.  J.  Brigel,  John  Wagner,  J.  McClelland. 

Milk  Inspector  David  Patton  took  charge  of  the  teams  that  delivered, 
to  the  places  above  named,  the  food  supplies,  and  this  particular  work 
was  done  in  the  best  possible  manner,  and  with  excellent  judgment. 

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SOUP  HOUSES  AND  COOKED  FOOD 


Assistant  Market  Master  Chris,  Roell  was  Mr.  Coding's  chief  cook  at  the 
Sixth  Street  Soup  House;  and  Officers  George  Broad  well,  Moses  Joseph, 
and  Frank  Huesman,-with  citizen  John  Hester,  was  on  duty  there  under 
charge  of  Mr.  Colling.  Officer  T.  J.  Mehan  was  on  duty  seeing  to  the 
delivery  of  supplies  at  various  places,  and  notifying  your  Committee  of 
any  requirements.  The  sanitary  force  was  of  the  greatest  value  to  us  in 
many  ways,  and  none  deserve  more  praise.  We  can  not  furnish  abso- 
lutely correct  statistics  of  what  we  furnished,  but  estimate  as  follows: 

The  Cincinnati  Hospital  made  1,125  gallons  of  sweetened  coffee. 

The  Hamilton  County  Jail,  5,120  gallons  of  soup;  2,380  gallons  of 
sweetened  coffee. 

George  Elstun  & Co.,  1,165  gallons  of  soup;  3,575  gallons  of  sweetened 
coffee. 

At  the  Soup  House  on  West  Sixth  street,  in  addition  to  the  soup  and 
coffee  furnished  from  Hospital,  Jail,  and  Elstun  & Co.,  there  were  made 
over  3,000  gallons  of  coffed,  and  soup  from  300  cans  and  several  barrels 
of  oysters  contributed. 

We  estimate  the  number  of  persons  fed  at  the  Sixth  Street  Soup  House, 
during  the  thirteen  days  it  was  in  operation,  at  65,000,  as  many  as  7,500 
in  one  day.  The  cooked  meats,  bread,  sausage,  and  other  food  furnished 
to  the  School  Houses  and  Engine  Houses  were  sent  from  Head-quarters, 
corner  of  Fourth  & Race.  Messrs.  Fischer  & Co.,  George  Elstun  & Co., 
Roth,  Meyer  & Co.,  and  Henry  Verhage  did  all  the  cooking  at  their  es- 
tablishments for  your  Committee,  free  of  charge.  The  quantity  of  hams 
shoulders,  and  corned  beef  used  by  us  will  be  shown  in  your  report  of 
purchases  and  contributions,  as  also  the  quantity  of  bread  and  crackers 
distributed. 

We  all  did  the  best  we  could,  and  might  have  done  better.  Mr.  Smith 
was  at  Head-quarters  attending  to  the  deliveries  from  there.  Mr.  Row- 
land was  in  charge  of  the  places  named  as  distributing  points,  and  of  the 
sanitary  force,  and  of  the  delivery  of  coffee  and  soup.  Mr.  Keck  was  the 
purchasing  agent,  and  attended  to  having  supplies  delivered  to  the  places 
at  which  they  were  cooked,  and  the  deliveries  to  Head-quarters.  We  es- 
pecially wish  to  speak  of  the  officers  of  the  Hospital  and  County  Jail,  for 
their  willing  and  inestimable  services  rendered  us,  and,  through  us,  to  the 
flood  sufferers.  Respectfully  submitted, 

J.  L.  Kkck. 

Thomas  G.  Smith, 

Charles  W.  Rowland. 

Food  Committee. 


Military  and  Police. 


Cincinnati,  June  ‘IncL,  1884. 

H.  C.  URNER,  ESQ., 

Chairman  Relief  Committee : 

Dear  Sir: — The  Sub-committee  on  Military  and  Police  beg  to  submit 
the  following  report : 

His  Honor,  Mayor  Stephens,  Chairman,  promptly  called  the  Commit- 
tee together,  upon  the  announcement  of  their  names,  February  6th  and 
the  members  proceeded  at  once  to  the  performance  of  their  duties,  which, 
at  the  start,  seemed  of  no  little  magnitude.  The  river  was  rising  with 
alarming  rapidity;  that  it  was  going  to  exceedthe  rise  of  the  preceding 
year  appeared  a foregone  conclusion,  and  a feeling  of  the  greatest  un- 
easiness prevailed. 

Colonel  M.  F.  Reilly,  Superintendent  of  Police,  had  entire  control  of  the 
force,  and  proved  himself  more  than  equal  to  the  emergency.  So  long 
as  the  Gas  Works  continued  to  furnish  light  for  the  city,  it  was  not 
deemed  necessary  to  increase  the  patrol  by  appointment  of  specials.  Gen- 
eral Hickenlooper’s  assurance  that,  until  the  river  should  reach  64  feet,  the 
manufacture  of  gas  would  continue,  gave  some  hope  that  the  extremity 
of  darkness  might  be  avoided,  but  when  the  steadily  advancing  flood 
marked  65-1 1 on  the  gauge,  the  fires  were  put  out,  and  the  supply  of 
gas-light  ceased.  Then  it  was  this  Committee  called  out  the  First  Regi- 
ment O.  N.  G.,  the  Second  Battery,  and  the  Veteran  Guard,  in  all  about 
300  militia,  who  were  directed  to  Report  to  Colonel  Reilly  for  duty.  This 
action  of  your  Committee  met  with  general  approval,  and,  in  a measure, 
quieted  the  apprehension  felt  that  the  city' was  in  danger  from  disorder 
and  plunder.  For  eleven  nights  these  soldiers  did  excellent  service,  and 
greatly  aided  the  police  by  partly  relieving  them  of  routine  patrol  duty 
outside  the  submerged  district.  The  spectacle  of  armed  men  patroling 
the  streets  was  a suggestion  of  war  times  twenty  years  ago,  when  martial 
law  governed,  and  our  city  teemed  with  soldiers. 

It  is  cause  for  congratulation  that  during  the  continuance  of  the  flood 
the  best  of  order  was  preserved,  fewer  thefts  or  deeds  of  violence  were 
reported  than  usual  at  any  time,  and,  although  there  was  unavoidable 

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exposure  of  much  valuable  property,  the  losses  were  trifling.  When  the 
Reservoirs  were  running  low,  in  consequence  of  the  failure  of  the  big 
Water  Works  engines,  the  feeling  caused  the  utmost  vigilance  on  the 
part  of  the  police  and  citizens,  and  happily,  during  the  whole  time,  there 
were  hardly  any  alarms  of  fire.  Much  of  the  distress  and  loss  of  valua- 
ble property  in  1883  was  due  to  the  unprecedented  inundation  of  that 
year,  which  covered  territory  never  before  reached,  and  which,  in  the 
opinion  of  old  river  men,  was  considered  not  possible.  The  severity  of 
this  lesson  was  not  lost  on  our  people,  and,  while  the  flood  of  1884  was 
greater  in  extent  and  man}T  more  persons  were  forced  to  vacate  their 
houses,  yet  the  loss  of  property  and  consequent  distress  was  perhaps  not 
more  than  in  the  preceding  year.  Reference  to  the  table,  made  part  of 
this  report,  shows  that  4,930  houses  were  inundated  and  over  21,000  per- 
sons either  compelled  to  vacate  or  reach  their  dwellings  by  boats.  The 
work  of  the  police,  however,  was  longer,  continued,  and  especially  ar- 
duous, and  embraced  the  most  active  kind  of  service;  many  were  on 
duty  for  hours  in  wet  clothes,  and  endured  hardships  without  murmur  or 
complaint.  A large  number  of  the  relief  boats  were  manned  by  the 
police  and  kept  busy  from  daylight  till  dark,  and  regular  patrol  duty  in 
boats,  day  and  night,  was  continued  throughout. 

The  inspection  of  all  dangerous  tenements  in  the  flooded  quarter  was 
another  duty  of  the  police,  and  in  many  cases  it  was  found  necessary  to 
compel  the  vacation  of  such  premises  as  were  deemed  unsafe.  The  only 
serious  accident  during  all  this  time  was  the  falling  of  a house  on  East 
Front  street,  whereby  several  lives  were  lost;  that  no  other  casualties 
of  this  kind  occurred,  was  due  to  the  careful  scrutiny  of  officers  who  as- 
sisted and  compelled  removal  from  all  doubtful  places.  After  the  water 
receded,  an  examination  by  the  police  resulted  in  over  100  buildings 
being  reported  as  insecure  and  dangerous. 

The  extraordinary  expense  incurred  by  the  Police  Department  proper, 
including  meals  for  men  at  night,  hire  of  boats,  pay  of  oarsmen,  purchase 
of  rubber  boots,  lanterns,  etc.,  in  all  amounting  to  $1,788.76,  we  recom- 
mended to  be  paid  by  the  Relief  Committee,  which  was  so  ordered,  and 
paid  by  the  treasurer,  Mr.  Dana. 

The  expense  of  the  Militia  and  Veteran  Guard  while  on  duty,  the  pay  of 
men  allowed  by  the  State  of  $2.00  per  day  each,  and  subsistence  fur- 
nished, amounting  in  round  figures  to  nearly  $14,000.00,  was,  by  act  of 
the  Legislature,  ordered  paid  out  of  the  fund  already  appropriated  by  the 
State  for  the  sufferers  from  the  flood.  The  militia  were  relieved  from 
duty  on  February  20th,  after  eleven  days  of  active  service. 


MILITARY  AND  POLICE. 


123 


Credit  is  due  and  acknowledgment  is  hereby  made  to  Colonels  C.  B. 
Hunt,  M.  L.  Hawkins,  and  M.  F.  Beilly,  and  Captain  Joyce,  and  their  sev- 
eral commands,  all  of  whom  rendered  faithful  service,  but  with  an  earn- 
est hope  that  never  again  will  such  service  be  required  of  our  fellow- 
citizens,  or  that  a committee  of  this  kind  be  called  into  being. 

We  have  the  honor  to  be,  very  truly  yours, 

Thomas  J.  Stephens,  Chairman. 
Eenjamin  Eggleston, 

Michael  Ryan. 


POLICE  REPORT 


OF 

HOUSES,  ETC.,  INUNDATED. 


Cincinnati,  February,  1884. 


Police  Districts. 

BOUNDARY  OF  EACH  DISTRICT. 

Business 

Houses. 

1 

Residences  and 

Tenements. 

No.  of  Families 

Inundated. 

No.  of  People 

Inundated. 

2 

Parsons  to  Vine  Street. 

857 

289 

685 

2947 

4 

Vine  to  Mill  Creek,  North  to  GestSt. 

679 

974 

1213 

4697 

5 

Gest to C. Washington, W.to  Lickrun. 

157 

704 

2134 

7693 

6 

Parson  St.  to  Corporation  Line. 

69 

427 

611 

2489 

9 

Millcreek  S.  of  Liberty,  W.to  Sedam. 

47 

107 

207 

917 

10 

Twenty-fifth  Ward — Cumminsville. 

147 

493 

679 

3113 

Totals 

1956 

2944 

5479 

21856 

Police 

Districts. 

Railroad 

Depots. 

1 

Police 

Station 

Houses. 

Fire  Engine 

Houses. 

Water 

Works. 

Gas  Works. 

Coal 

Yards. 

School 

Houses. 

2 

4 

1 

4 

1 

4 

11 

1 

2 

1 

12 

1 

5 

2 

1 

6 

1 

3 

3 

9 

i 

1 

10 

i 

1 

1 

Totals. 

19 

3 

2 

1 

1 

21 

6 

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The  Boat  Fleet. 


Cincinnati,  March  1st , 1884. 

H.  C URNER,  ESQ., 

Chairman  Relief  Committee,  Cincinnati,  Ohio  : 

Sir — The  following  report  of  services  performed  by  the  fleet  of  Relief 
Boats  of  the  Relief  Committee  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Com- 
mon Council,  while  under  my  charge,  from  February  7th  to  19th,  1884, 
is  respectfully  submitted. 

My  commission  as  “Admiral  of  Relief  Boat  Fleet”  was  given  me  at 
your  meeting  on  the  morning  of  February  7th,  and  the  fleet,  as  organized 
and  put  into  service  the  following  day,  with  such  subsequent  changes  and 
additions  as  emergencies  required,  comprised  the  following  boats  and 
officers. 


Cruising  Stations. 


Name  of  Boat. 


Oars- 

men. 


Captain. 


Columbia  and  Fulton,  1 
west  to  Washington  l 

street j 

Washington  street  to  1 

Sycamore  street j 

do  do 

Sycamore  street  to  1 

Race  street } 

Front  and  Water,) 

Vine  to  Elm / 

Race  to  Smith...  

Smith  to  Wood 

Smith  to  Carr 

Freeman  to  Eighth 

Freeman  to  Eighth 

Millereek  front 

Millcreek  front 

Millereek  front 

Millcreek  front 

Surgeon’s  Boat 

Dispatch  Boat 


Granite  State  and 
three  Skiffs. 

Potomac 

U.  P. Schenck 

R.  R.  Springer 

Will.  Kyle 

Court  He  use  Boat... 

Buckeye  State 

Wyoming 

John  Gilbert 

Flat 

Flat 

Two  Skiffs 

Daisy 

Lincoln  Park  Boat.. 

Two  Skiffs 

Lily 

Iris 


12  John  T.  Sconce. 


2 

3 

3 

3 

1 

3 

2 

2 

1 

2 

5 

2 

1 

1 

2 

1 


Captain  Newton. 

T.  H.  Kelly. 

C.  S.  Walker. 
Maurice  J.  Freiberg. 

C.  C.  Marshall. 

J.  L.  Workum. 

John  Hill. 

W.  H.  Jordan. 

W.  W.  Forbus. 

O.  L.  Hagan. 

P.  Dewald. 

J.  Weyand. 

Rev.  F.  G.  Mitchell. 
J.  W.  Wayne. 

Dr.  H.  W.  Austin. 
Robt.J.  H.Archiable. 


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Making  a total  of  twenty-two  boats,  forty-six  oarsmen,  and  nineteen 
officers,  including  two  required  in  shore  service. 

Your  instructions  to  work  the  boats  in  connection  with  the  Associated 
Charities  were  fully  observed,  and  under  their  supervision,  trips  of  in- 
spection were  made  in  each  district,  and,  wherever  required,  their  agents 
were  supplied  with  boats  and  crews,  and  relief  given  under  their  directions. 
From  the  General  Head-quarters  and  supply  rooms  of  your  Committee, 
and  the  Associated  Charities,  hundred  of  calls  for  relief  or  assistance 
were  given  me  daily,  and  from  my  head-quarters  at  water  front,  on  Kace 
and  Pearl  streets,  boats  were  dispatched  at  once  to  answer  every  requisi- 
tion. The  experience  gained  during  last  year’s  flood,  enabled  us  to  an- 
swer all  demands,  and  distribute  food,  clothing,  and  fuel  to  much  better 
advantage,  and  our  efforts  to  slight  none  of  our  many  old  friends  of  1883 
were,  I am  happy  to  say,  very  successful ; and  if  there  was  any  person 
in  the  entire  flooded  district  who  was  deserving  of  and  needed  assistance 
of  any  kind,  and  did  not  receive  it  from  the  boats,  it  was  because  they 
did  not  make  it  known,  as  every  opportunity  was  given  them  so  to  do. 
Commander  Kellogg  of  the  Fourteenth  Lighthouse  District,  through  Cap- 
tain Vandergrift,  of  the  steamer  “Lily,”  kindly  gave  us  the  use  of  a 
splendid  two-oared  boat  and  crew,  and  Dr.  Austin,  surgeon  in  charge  of 
U.  S.  Marine  Hospital,  who  had  volunteered  his  service,  was  put  in 
command  of  this  boat,  and  this  gentlemen  and  his  crew  rendered  in- 
valuable services  in  answering  all  calls  for  a physician.  Drs.  Carr  and 
Kaisner  also  rendered  efficient  professional  services.  The  cold  and  dis- 
agreeable weather  and  almost  continual  rain  during  our  thirteen  days  of 
service  made  it  very  severe,  and  the  men  and  officers  of  boats  are  to  be 
congratulated  upon  remaining  at  their  posts  during  the  entire  time. 

As  per  vouchers  on  file  in  your  office,  the  entire  cost  of  the  relief  boat 
service,  for  wages  for  oarsmen,  boat  hire,  supplies,  and  repairs  amounts 
to  one  thousand  and  fifty  dollars  and  fifty  cents  ($1,050.50). 

Thanks  are  due,  and  are  hereby  tendered,  to  the  captains  of  boats,  as 
named  above,  who  volunteered  their  services,  and  to  whom  the  greater 
part  of  the  success,  as  attained  by  this  branch  of  the  relief  service,  is  in- 
debted. The  Big  Sandy  Packet  Co.,  and  the  owners  of  the  steamers 
Granite  State,  Buckeye  State,  U.  P.  Sehenck,  John  Gilbert,  and  Wyo- 
ming, kindly  tendered  the  free  use  of  their  boats,  and  are  hereby  cordi- 
ally thanked  for  same. 

On  Friday,  February  15th,  under  “special  detail”  from  you,  I took  com- 
mand of  the  steamer  “Granite  State,”  and,  under  proper  orders,  loaded  her 
with  supplies  for  a relief  expedition  up  the  river,  under  the  command  of 


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127 


J.  L.  Keck,  Esq.,  and,  on  Saturday,  16th,  started  on  the  trip,  and  re- 
turned home  Wednesday,  20th.  While  absent,  on  the  “Granite  State,” 
•the  relief  fleet  was  in  charge  of  J.  L.  Workum  and  Robt.  J.  H.  Archiable, 
and  they  deserve  special  mention  for  the  efficient  service  and  manage- 
ment they  rendered. 

Permit  me  to  thank  yourself,  and  the  gentlemen  of  the  Committee,  for 
the  honor  conferred  upon  me  in  my  appointment,  and  the  hearty  co- 
operation given  me  in  endeavoring  to  carry  out  the  attendant  duties. 

Very  respectfully, 

W.  P.  Walker,  Jr., 

Commanding  Relief  Fleet. 


Wagon  Transportation. 


Cincinnati,  February  21$?!,  1884. 

To  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Common  Council  Relief  Committee : 

Gentlemen — I have  the  honor  to  report  to  you  the  names  of  the  fol- 
lowing individuals  and  firms  who  have  so  kindly  and  cheerfully  donated 
the  use  of  their  wagons  and  teams  to  your  Committee  during  the  late 
flood.  The  number  of  wagons  and  days  employed  are  given: 

The  A.  Erkenbrecher  Co.,  one  wagon,  four  days;  F.  Heekerman,  one 
wagon,  one  day;  D.  G.  Hunnewell,  one  wagon,  two  days;  J.  Bailie  & Co., 
one  wagon,  two  daj's ; A.  Lotze’s  Sons&  Co.,  one  wagon,  four  days;  J.M. 
Cook,  one  wagon,  three  days;  Boyer  Wheel  Co.,  one  wagon,  three  days; 
Kobt.  Mitchell  Furniture  Co.,  one  wagon, seven  days;  Wm.  White  & Co., 
one  wagon,  two  days;  George  Fox  Starch  Co.,  one  wagon,  two  days;  J. 
E.  Frey,  three  wagons,  twelve  days ; Bruce  Carriage  Co.,  one  wagon,  two 
days;  C.  H.  Keith,  one  wagon,  two  days;  Singer  Manufacturing  Co.» 
one  wagon,  four  days;  Phoenix  Manufacturing  Co.,  one  wagon,  two  and 
one-half  days ; Marsh  & Harwood  Co.,  one  wagon,  five  and  one-half  days ; 
Bheinstrom  Bros.,  one  wagon,  two  days;  B.  P.  Critchell,  one  wagon,  one 
day;  Fred.  Maertz,  one  wagon,  two  days;  J.  Schwab,  two  wagons,  five 
days;  Holmes  & Morton,  one  wagon,  four  days;  Weyand,  Jung  & Hell- 
man,  three  wagons,  twelve  days;  E.  H.  Huntington  & Co.,  one  wagon, 
three  days;  H.  Lackman,  one  wagon,  eight  days;  H.  & H.  Lowenstein, 
two  wagons,  two  days;  H.  Schlichte,  one  wagon,  one  day;  Gus.  Lowen- 
stein, Sr.,  one  wagon,  four  days;  Cincinnati  Suburban  Delivery,  one 
wagon,  three  days;  J.  A.  Stewart,  one  wagon,  two  days;  Carter  Cook, 
one  wagon,  two  days;  A.  Fischer  & Co.,  one  wagon,  twelve  days;  Casper 
Gerhard,  one  wagon,  two  days. 

Kespeetfully  submitted, 

Gus.  Lowenstein,  Sr., 
Chairman  Committee  on  Transportation. 


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Work  of  the  Boat  Granite  State, 


Cincinnati,  February  21  st,  1884. 

HENRY  C.  URNER,  ESQ. 

Chairman  Relief  Committee : 

I herewith  hand  you  the  details  of  distribution  of  the  supplies  that  the 
Committee  placed  on  board  the  Steamer  Granite  State,  and  the  record  as 
kept  by  Mr.  Geo.  W.  Hirst,  Chief  Clerk.  We  were  not  furnished  with  a 
manifest,  nor  were  there  dray  tickets  with  much  of  the  supplies.  There 
was  an  attempt  made  to  keep  a full  record  of  all  that  was  received,  but 
owing  to  the  fact  that  a large  part  of  the  supplies  were  received  after 
dark,  and  in  £uch  a rush  (20  to  80  wagons  unloading  at  a time),  I am 
certain  that  our  record  is  not  complete.  The  government  was  also  de- 
livering, at  the  same  time,  a large  lot  of  flour,  bacon,  sugar,  and  coffee 
which,  with  the  supplies  of  the  Committee,  filled  the  streets  for  some  dis 
tance  from  the  junction  of  Front  and  Washington  streets.  You  thought 
that  the  steamer  would  be  ready  to  receive  cargo  by  10  a.  m.,  Friday,  Feb- 
ruary 15th,  but,  in  fact,  it  did  not  get  to  the  landing  in  front  of  the  above 
junction  until  about  6 p.  m.,  after  which  she  had  to  be  coaled  and  loaded. 
This  was  not  accomplished  until  11  A.  m.,  of  Saturday,  16th,  at  which 
time  we  started  upon  our  voyage. 

Early  Friday  morning,  I telegraphed  Justice  Stanley  Matthews,  of 
Washington  city,  and  lvobert  Garrett,  Esq.,  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  stating 
that  I expected  to  be  at  Parkersburg,  W.  Va.,  on  Tuesday  night,  and 
asking  that  a return  load  of  supplies  be  furnished  at  that  point,. so  that 
we  could  distribute  the  same  upon  our  return  trip,  and  received  answers 
from  both  of  these  gentlemen  saying  the  Secretary  of  War, -Lincoln, 
would  furnish  supplies  through  Captain  Morgan,  U.  S.  A.  Upon  arrival 
at  Portsmouth,  we  found  that  several  boats  were  delivering  supplies  both 
up  and  down  the  river  from  that  point,  and  at  all  points  the  people  of 
the  State  were  furnishing  in  abundance,,  and  the  prospect  was  that  this 
work  of  distribution  would  be  overdone  and  that  much  would  be  wasted. 
I also  received  a dispatch  from  Captain  Morgan  that  supplies  were  hard 
to  obtain.  After  consultation  with  Captain  Walker,  I telegraphed  Cap- 
tain Morgan  my  judgment  as  to  the  situation,  and  that  we  would  not  go 
to  Parkersburg,  but  return  to  Cincinnati.  The  record  herewith  shows 

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all  points  at  which  we  landed  and  made  deliveries  from  Cincinnati  to 
Ironton  and  return. 

At  Portsmouth,  returning,  I received  a request  from  State  Commissioner 
Constantine  to  turn  over  to  his  representative  the  balance  of  our  cargo. 
In  accordance  therewith,  I left  for  the  State  Committee  all  that  I thought 
we  should  not  require  on  our  down  trip,  and  took  receipt  for  same.  I 
also  furnished  the  Gallipolis  Relief  Committee,  on  board  the  Steamer 
Chesapeake,  the  supplies  herein  noted,  with  the  understanding  with  that 
Committee  that  they  would  distribute  same  at  all  points  visited  by  them, 
they  having  a boat  better  fitted  for  landing  than  ours.  It  was  our  in- 
tention to  land  at  all  points  south  of  Maysville,  Ky.,  but  owing  to  the 
severe  storm  on  the  river,  we  were  unable  to  land  at  any  distributing 
point  between  Ripley  and  New  Richmond.  From  the  latter  place  to 
Cincinnati,  we  made  all  landings  and  filled  all  requirements,  and  re- 
turned with  the  limited  amounts  herein  noted.  I herewith  assume  for 
the  Committee,  the  pleasure  of  thanking  the  following  gentlemen,  who 
volunteered  their  services  and  rendered  invaluable  assistance  in  carrying 
out  the  intentions  of  the  Committee:  Samuel  Bailey,  Jr.,  in  charge  of 
loading  the  cargo — no  one  could  possibly  have  done  better;  Geo.  W. 
Hirst,  as  Chief  Clerk;  Mathew  Ryan,  the  delivery  of  the  provisions;  and 
to  Messrs.  D.  J.  Jones,  W.  A.  Hopkins,  and  F.  B.  Lotz,  in  the  delivery 
of  the  balance  of  these  supplies.  All  were  willing,  cheerful,  constant  and 
able  assistants. 

C.  W.  Constantine,  Esq.,  of  the  State  Commission,  accompanied  us  as  far 
as  Portsmouth,  and  furnished  money  orders  to  such  places  as  in  his  judg- 
ment required  such  aid,  and  otherwise  assisted  us  with  his  suggestions  and 
encouragement.  Lieutenant  Taylor,  U.  S.  A.,  was  in  charge  of  the  govern- 
ment supplies,  and  distributed  them  with  great  liberality  and  judgment. 
Our  crew  did  all  the  loading  and  unloading  for  the  government.  I here 
take  the  liberty  to  quote  from  Lieutenant  Taylor’s  report,  as  it  is  a con- 
firmation of  my  own  judgment  on  the  situation.  “ To  the  best  of  my 
judgment,  the  necessities  of  the  people  in  the  way  of  food  have  been  sup- 
plied In  every  town  and  village  between  Ironton  and  Cincinnati  for  at 
least  ten  days.  Some  places  of  two  or  three  houses  have  been  supplied 
for  twenty  days.  From  a careful  study  of  the  situation,  it  would  not  be 
advisable  to  supply  more  provisions  than  will  last  each  place,  say  a week 
or  ten  days  after  the  waters  have  receded  from  the  dwellings,  which  is 
already  the  case  to  a very  great  extent.  In  the  large  towns,  notably 
Ironton,  Portsmouth,  and  Maysville,  there  is  a large  number  of  the 
laboring  population  who  are  now  demoralized  by  the  gratuitous  distri 


RELIEF  BOAT  GRANITE  STATE, 


131 


bution  of  food,  and  great  difficulty  is  experienced  in  getting  them  to 
work.  So  far  as  fuel  is  concerned,  there  may  be  a need  of  a distribution 
of  it  to  a limited  extent  in  the  larger  towns,  but  in  the  smaller  towns 
there  is  on  hand  an  unlimited  quantity  of  driftwood  at  command  for  fires. 
It  might  be  justifiable  to  issue  some  clothing  upon  the  Kentucky  side, 
the  other  side  having  been  generously  provided  for  by  the  State  of  Ohio; 
but  great  care  should  be  exercised  in  doing  it  to  prevent  unequal  distri- 
bution and  hurtful  abuse,  which  might  otherwise  occur.” 

You  “builded  wiser  than  you  knew,”  when  you  selected  Captain  W. 
P.  Walker,  Jr.,  to  take  command  of  the  steamer  and  crew.  If  we  were 
successful  in  the  discharge  of  our  trust,  it  was  largely  due  to  the  admir- 
able manner  in  which  he  handled  the  boat,  and  the  willing  and  cheerful 
assistance  of  himself  and  his  brew,  from  pilots  to  roustabouts. 

Respectfully  yours, 

J.  L.  Keck. 


Relief  to  Ironton  and  Hanging 
Rock  by  Railroad. 


Cincinnati,  February  \Wi,  1884. 

HENRY  C.  URNER,  ESQ., 

Chairman  Relief  Committee : 

Dear  Sir — I herewith  submit  my  report  of  the  distribution  of  supplies, 
and  trip  to  Ironton  and  Hanging  Rock.  Left  Cincinnati.  February  14th, 
for  Oakley,  where  we  arrived  at  6 p.  m.  Found  freight  cars  in  readiness, 
and  no  time  was  lost  in  unloading  our  transfer  wagons  and  transferring 
the  supplies  to  the  cars.  The  hard  rains,  aided  by  frost,  etc.,  had  made 
the  road  quite  heavy,  thus  necessitating  slow  and  careful  driving.  It 
was  midnight  before  the  last  wagon  arrived  and  its  supplies  transferred 
to  the  freight  cars.  W e then  left  for  Chillicothe,  arriving  there  by  3 a.  m. 
Friday.  Hearing  that  the  Chillicothe  Committee  were  about  to  send 
supplies  to  Portsmouth,  I inquired  of  them  the  shortest  and  best  route, 
and  found  that,  by  transferring  at  Wellston,  to  the  Toledo,  Cincinnati, 
and  St.  Louis  Railroad,  we  could  reach  Ironton  by  Saturday  afternoon. 
After  considerable  trouble,  telegraphing,  and  running,  I succeeded  in 
having  the  cars,  which  had  been  billed  through  to  Sciotoville,  stopped  at 
Wellston,  at  which  point  they  arrived  by  7 o’clock  Saturday  morning. 
Willing  hands  were  lound,  and  the  provisions  soon  transferred.  Cars  of 
food  in  charge  of  Committees  from  Cleveland,  Columbus,  Coalton,  and 
Chillicothe,  numbering,  together  with  our  two,  eight  well  filled,  were  soon 
on  the  way  to  Ironton.  Steep  grades,  heavy  cars,  and  wash-outs  made 
quick  time  impossible,  seven  hours  being  consumed  in  making  fifty -three 
miles.  About  two  miles  from  Ironton,  the  train  was  compelled  to  stop, 
backwater  covering  the  track  in  some  places  to  the  depth  of  ten  and 
fifteen  feet.  Found  the  Ironton  Committee  waiting  with  skiffs  and  flat- 
boats,  to  take  us  to  town,  where  we  arrived  about  4:30  p.  m.  The  ride 
from  the  cars  to  Ironton  was  in  many  ways  dangerous,  as  you  were  apt 
to  strike  sunken  cars,  trees,  telegraph  wires  and  poles,  and  fences.  It  is 
along  this  route  through  West  Ironton,  that  you  first  see  the  terrible  de- 
struction and  suffering,  almost  the  entire  expanse  of  water  being  covered 
with  debris  and  floating  houses,  etc.,  while  the  shore  has  its  share  of 

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wrecked  homes  left  hisjh  and  dry  by  the  receding  water.  The  rolling- 
mills  suffered  severe  losses  in  the  flooding,  and  afterward  corroding  of 
stock  ready  for  market.  The  Ironton  Committee,  when  I reported,  was 
greatly  surprised  at,  and  thankful  for,  Cincinnati’s  large  contribution, 
and  a vote  of  thanks  went  through  with  a whirl.  I afterward,  with  Mr. 
Frantz,  hunted  up  the  Hanging  Rock  Committee,  and  returned  to  the 
ears  with  four  boats,  which  were  soon  loaded  with  a fair  and  generous 
share  of  supplies.  The  return  trip,  with  loaded  boats,  made  us  feel  some- 
what nervous,  as  the  night  was  “dark  as  Egypt,”  and  cars,  wires,  etc., 
easily  seen  going  up,  were  almost  invisible  returning.  However,  we  ar- 
rived safely  at  Ironton,  and  had  the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that  Hang- 
ing Rock  was  being  fed  that  night,  and  desolate  homes  made  in  a degree 
comfortable.  The  following  statement  will  show  the  exact  amount  of 
supplies  left  at  the  two  places: 

Ironton:  Beans,  4 bags;  coffee,  6 boxes;  rice,  2 barrels;  sausage,  7 
barrels;  pork,  8 barrels;  hams,  10  barrels;  sugar,  5 barrels;  crackers,  50 
barrels;  blankets,  5 dozen  ; teas,  50  pounds;  bread,  3,000  loaves. 

Hanging  Rock:  Beans,  2 bags;  coffee,  2 boxes;  rice,  1 barrel;  sausage, 
3 barrels;  pork,  2 barrels;  hams,  5 barrels;  sugar,  2 barrels;  crackers,  25 
barrels;  blankets,  5 dozen. 

I can  assure  you  that  the  above  was  gratefully  received.  In  the  two 
days  stay  at  Ironton,  fifteen  carloads  of  provisions  were  received,  not  in- 
cluding supplies  left  there  by  the  United  States  relief  boat. 

Hanging  Rock,  of  course,  receives  her  portion,  and  the  people  are  now 
being  fed  and  taken  care  of.  The  description  in  the  daily  journals  in  no 
way  exaggerate  the  suffering  and  destruction  at  these  two  points;  Hang- 
ing Rock  being  entirely  and  nearly  two-thirds  of  Ironton  flooded.  The 
loss  of  property  will  be  great;  brick  and  frame  houses  sharing  alike  by 
foundations  caving  in.  Even  after  the  river  subsides,  I fear  that  many 
houses  will  have  to  be  destroyed  on  account  of  being  unsafe. 

On  my  trip  I was  ably  assisted  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Frantz,  and  the 
thanks  of  the  Committee  are  due  him;  the  Cincinnati,  Washington,  and 
Baltimore,  and  the  Toledo,  Cincinnati,  and  St.  Louis  Railroads;  the 
Steamer  Louise,  at  Ironton  ; and  the  proprietor  of  the  Sheridan  House, 
Ironton,  for  free  transportation,  board,  and  universal  courtesy.  Trusting 
that  my  actions  will  meet  with  the  Committee’s  approval,  and  respect- 
fully submitting  this  report,  I am, 

Yours  truly, 

Lawrence  Mendenhall. 


Work  of  the  Associated  Charities, 


Cincinnati,  June  20 th,  1884. 

H.  C.  URNER,  ESQ., 

Chairman  Relief  Committee  : 

On  the  morning  of  the  fifth  of  February,  as  the  conviction  became  ir- 
resistible that  the  high  water  of  1883  was  to  be  equaled  if  not  exceeded 
by  a flood  this  year,  the  Superintendents  of  the  river-side  districts  began 
taking  urgent  measures  of  preparation,  getting  some  of. their  poor  clients 
to  move  to  higher  ground,  advancing  money  for  rent  and  paying  ex- 
penses of  moving.  On  the  same  day,  the  General  Secretary  sent  notices 
to  the  Presidents  of  districts,  to  meet  with  the  Executive  Committee  of 
the  Central  Board,  at  its  regular  session,  on  Wednesday,  the  6th,  to  con- 
sider the  steps  necessary  to  meet  the  emergency.  On  the  morning  of  the 
6th,  the  Secretary  called  on  the  President  and  Treasurer  of  last  year’s 
Relief  Committee,  and  suggested  the  need  of  such  action  as  was  taken 
during  the  flood  of  1883,  urging,  at  the  same  time,  that  the  Associated 
Charities,  being  in  much  better  organization,  as  a whole,  than  at  the 
same  time  last  year,  was  both  willing  and  able  to  undertake  and  carry 
through  the  work  of  relief  on  a large  scale  if  the  means  were  furnished. 

The  Executive  Committee  met  on  Wednesday,  the  6th,  at  two  o’clock, 
and  nearly  all  the  districts  were  represented  by  their  Presidents.  A 
Committee  was  appointed  to  wait  upon  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  Relief 
Committee,  then  in  session,  and  offered  to  do  the  work  of  relief  if  that 
body  would  furnish  the  means.  A Committee  on  district  work  was  ap- 
pointed, with  orders  to  consider  and  report  what,  if  any,  changes  were 
needed  in  the  district  organizations,  in  view  of  the  large  amount  of  un- 
usual work  likely  to  devolve  upon  them.  They  reported,  after  consideration, 
that  the  existing  organization  was  fully  equal  to  the  emergency;  all  the 
change  necessary  being  to  increase  the  number  of  workers,  and  slightly 
relax  the  rules  with  respect  to  investigation,  etc.  The  Executive  Com- 
mittee was  then  declared  in  permanent  session  until  the  end  of  the  flood. 
During  Wednesday  evening  several  of  the  districts  were  visited,  and 
some  of  them  were  found  already  at  work  — all  were  getting  ready.  Ap- 
peals for  volunteer  workers  were  sent  to  the  papers,  and  all  was  done 
that  was  thought  of,  to  prepare  for  the  duty  that  was  to  commence  on 
the  morrow.  On  Thursday  morning,  the  Committee  which  was  ap- 
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pointed  to  wait  on  the  Relief  Committee  reported  that  the  offer  of  the 
Society  was  accepted,  that  its  Executive  was  invited  to  make  its  Head- 
quarters with  those  of  the  Relief  Committee,  at  Fourth  and  Race  Streets, 
and  that  the  Relief  Committee  had  agreed  to  furnish  provisions  and  bed- 
ding, on  the  order  of  the  Executive  of  the  Central  Board  Associated 
Charities,  to  the  District  Societies,  in  such  quantity  as  might  be  necessary, 
and  also  would  furnish  boats  and  wagons  to  distribute  the  same.  Accord- 
ingly, on  the  7th  of  February,  at  noon,  the  Executive  of  the  Associated 
Charities  took  possession  of  a desk  in  the  building  at  Fourth  and  Race 
Streets,  and  from  that  time,  until  Saturday  the  23rd,  a quorum  might  al- 
ways be  found  in  or  near  the  building  during  business  hours. 

Each  of  the  twelve  Associated  Charieties  Districts  of  the  city  was  now 
called  on  for  its  share  of  the  work,  although  three  of  them  had  no  flooded 
ground  within  their  boundaries,  as  the  refugees  from  the  flooded  districts, 
and  the  many  persons  without  employment,  owing  to  the  total  cessation 
of  work  in  the  bottoms,  brought  some  of  the  relief  work  on  the  districts 
most  remote  from  the  river.  Beginning  with  Thursday,  the  7th,  the 
river-side  offices  were  open  all  day,  until  Saturday,  the  30th.  The  other 
office^  soon  fell  into  line,  and  by  Saturday,  the  9th,  at  noon,  they  were  all 
busily  engaged. 

The  system  of  the  Society,  by  which  a large  number  of  directors  and 
volunteer  visitors  are  regularly  enrolled  upon  the  books  of  the  districts, 
and  accustomed  to  work  together  under  the  direction  of  its  officers,  proved 
admirably  adapted  to  the  sudden  increase  of  relief  work  that  so  great  a 
calamity  as  the  flood  made  necessary.  The  slight  difficulty  occasioned 
by  dividing  the  work  among  the  districts,  and  the  consequent  necessity 
of  sending  applicants  to  the  districts  in  which  they  lived,  was  partly  met 
by  a liberal  distribution  of  circulars  giving  the  boundaries  of  the  districts 
and  the  location  of  the  temporary  offices.  The  crooked  lines  of  many  of 
the  districts,  arising  from  their  being  composed  of  two  or  more  wards,® 
still  gave  much  annoyance,  which  was  only  overcome  by  adopting  a tem- 
porary boundary  line  between  the  two  principal  inland  districts,  and  the 
use  of  direction  cards  with  the  address  of  the  applicant’s  district  very 
legibly  printed,  and  recording  that  he  had  received  one  half-day’s  rations 
for  the  number  of  persons  he  claimed  to  have  in  the  family;  these  cards 
were  given  to  all  the  district  offices,  and  their  use  insured,  first,  that  no 
person  who  applied  could  go  unrelieved  of  his  pressing  necessities,  and, 
second,  that  no  fraudulent  applicant  could  receive  more  than  one  half- 

* Since  the  flood  these  boundaries  have  been  revised,  and  are  now  simple  and 
easily  defined. 


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day’s  supply  of  food  at  any  office.  Coal  piles  were  established  at  the 
water’s  edge  on  Broadway  and  also  on  Central  Avenue,  in  charge  of  men 
whose  instructions  were  to  supply  coal  to  all  who  came  for  it  from  the 
water,  freely,  and  to  those  who  came  from  land,  on  orders  issued  by  the 
district  offices.  By  Tuesday,  the  l‘2th  of  February,  a large  quantity  of 
new  and  second-hand  clothing  had  been  received  at  Head-quarters,  and 
turned  over  to  the  Associated  Charities,  and  it  seemed  necessary  to  adopt 
some  plan  to  handle  and  distribute  it  intelligently.  A large  room  on  the 
second  floor  of  179  Race  Street  was  kindly  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the 
Society  by  Sol.  Langdon  & Sons,  and  as  fast  as  contributions  of  clothing 
came  in  they  were  taken  there,  the  cases  opened,  goods  assorted  and 
made  up  into  dozens  and  half-dozens,  and  sent  out  in  business-like  shape. 
It  was  thought  necessary  to  first  give  the  refugees  in  the  school  houses  a 
change  of  clothing,  and  they  were  accordingly  supplied  as  fast  as  pos- 
sible, after  which  the  district  offices  of  the  Associated  Charities  received 
the  remainder.  The  work  was  very  ably  performed  by  a corps  of  volun- 
teers, and  their  efforts  were,  in  nearly  all  cases,  very  highly  appreciated 
by  those  who  received  the  clothing  from  them,  for  distribution  to  the 
sufferers.  The  total  number  of  new  and  second-hand  garments  assorted 
and  distributed  from  the  clothing  room  during  the  ten  days,  ending 
Saturday,  February  23rd,  was  15,901,  besides  several  dozens  of  comforts 
and  blankets,  2,237  pairs  second-hand  hose,  836  pairs  boots  and  shoes,  and 
940  hats,  bonnets,  and  hoods.  Of  these  4,891  garments  and  947  pairs  hose 
were  sent  to  the  school  houses,  the  remainder  to  the  district  offices. 
All  the  clothing  received  after  February  22nd  was  sent  to  the  district 
offices  in  bulk,  with  the  exception  of  two  cases  of  new  underwear  and  a 
case  of  hosiery,  which  were  divided  between  different  districts. 

The  various  supplies  issued  by  the  Relief  Committee  are  reported  un- 
der the  heading  of  the  separte  districts.  The  method  of  supply  net  admit- 
ting of  accurate  record  as  to  quantity,  the  provisions  are  reported  as  so 
many  days’  supply  of  food  for  persons  of  all  ages.  The  amount  of  rations 
issued  to  adults  was  based  on  the  United  States  Government  standard, 
but  as  the  supplies  became  varied  in  their  character,  the  quantities  of 
bread  and  meat  were  appropriately  lessened,  and  the  consideration  that 
the  persons  fed  were  not  engaged  in  active  work  was  also  taken  into  ac- 
count. There  is  no  reason  to  suppose  that  there  was  any  suffering  not  re- 
lieved, and  it  is  certain  that  a great  many  persons  were  much  better  fed  than 
usual.  Physicians  volunteered  their  services  and  drug  stores  furnished 
medicine  gratuitously;  both  were  frequently  called  upon  for  help;  and 
there  was  a constant  stream  of  offers  of  help  of  all  kinds  being  made. 


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The  relations  between  the  Associated  Charities  Districts  and  other  forms 
of  relief  were  most  cordial  and  satisfactory — notably  was  this  the  case 
with  respect  to  the  arrangements  of  the  school  houses  under  the  manage- 
ment of  the  School  Board  and  Board  of  Health. 

After  the  general  work  of  relief  was  over,  the  question  of  compensa- 
tion to  poor  persons  who  had  owned  their  own  houses,  which  had  been 
either  entirely  lost,  or  needed  repairs  which  the  owner  was  unable  to 
make,  was  considered  by  the  Relief  Committee.  A special  investigation 
from  the  Central  Office  was  made  with  respect  to  these  matters,  and  also 
in  certain  special  cases  which  were  referred  by  the  Relief  Committee  to 
that  office,  and  the  compensation  deemed  advisable  was  given  through 
the  district  in  which  the  sufferers  lived.  These  investigations  were 
among  the  most  difficult  work  which  the  Society  was  called  upon  to 
perform.  They  were  made  with  conscientious  care,  and  it  is  believed 
that  the  most  needy  and  worthy  were  assisted. 

Special  contributions  were  received  by  the  Central  Board  and  by  some 
of  the  districts,  in  some  cases  from  regular  subscribers,  in  others  from  be- 
nevolent individuals  who  had  confidence  in  the  methods  of  the  Society. 
The  fund  so  constituted  was  very  useful  in  matters  not  specially  arranged 
for  between  the  Relief  Committee  and  the  Society. 

The  work  of  repairing  and  replacing  houses  was  done  upon  a large 
scale  in  the  First  and  Twenty-fourth  Wards,  under  the  direction  of  the 
Directors  of  the  Seventh  and  Sixth  Districts,  respectively,  and  is  reported 
with  the  work  of  those  districts.  A summary  of  the  work  of  the  Society 
will  be  found  on  a subsequent  page. 

Relief  Work  of  the  District  Societies  of  the  Associated 

Charities. 

The  boundaries  of  the  districts  given  below  are  those  as  at  present  ex- 
isting, having  been  revised  April,  1884.  The  temporary  changes  that 
were  needed  during  flood  relief,  and  the  location  of  the  temporary  offices, 
when  such  were  used,  are  given  in  the  account  of  the  work  of  the  dis- 
tricts. 


FIRST  OR  WALNUT  HILLS  DISTRICT. 

(From  the  north  city  limits  to  the  river,  between  Burnet  Avenue  and 
Hunt  Street  on  the  west,  and  Hackberry  and  Woodburn  Streets  on 
the  east.  Office,  475  McMillan  Street.) 

This  large  district,  prior  to  the  flood,  included  but  a small  strip  of  the 


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river  front — its  western  boundary  being  at  Willow  Street.  To  assist  the 
neighboring  districts  of  the  Seventh  and  Third,  whose  flooded  areas  were 
very  large,  the  Directors  of  the  First  District  volunteered  to  extend  their 
lines  during  flood  relief  from  the  Pendleton  car  barns  on  the  east  to 
Washington  Street  on  the  west,  with  a temporary  office  at  Fulton  Police 
Station.  Their  distribution  over  that  extent  of  territory  lasted  for  six- 
teen days,  from  the  8th  to  the  23rd  of  February,  inclusive,  and  the  sup- 
plies given  out  were  principally  those  received  from  Head-quarters, 
which  are  reported  as  days’  supplies  of  food  and  coal.  The  distribution 
of  bedding,  furniture,  shoes,  and  clothing  was  mostly  confined  to  the 
territory  proper  of  the  district.  The  quantities  reported  are  as  fol- 
lows: 

Total  number  of  families  relieved,  .....  347 

Total  number  of  individuals  relieved,  .....  1,824 

No.  of  days’  supplies  of  food  issued  (persons  of  all  ages),  17,948 


Shoes,  pairs, 100 

Hose  (new),  pairs, 36 

Blankets  and  comforts, 100 

Mattresses, 18 

Coal,  bushels,  1,200 


Furniture  and  furniture  repairing,  amount,  . . . $159  92 

Kepairs  to  houses,  amount, 85  00 

Clothing  (estimated  value),  amount, 200  00 

Besides  the  above  items,  the  district  has  received  and  distributed  con- 
tributions of  many  valuable  articles,  some  coming  from  the  Belief  Com- 
mittee, through  the  Central  Office,  Associated  Charities,  and  some  di- 
rectly from  private  donors. 


SECOND  OR  MT.  AUBURN  DISTRICT. 

(From  the  north  city  limits  to  the  canal,  between  Clifton  Avenue  and 
Vine  Street  on  the  west,  and  Burnet  Avenue  and  Hunt  Street  on 
the  east.  Office,  18  East  Mulberry  Street.) 

The  Second  District,  not  being  in  the  inundated  portion  of  the  city, 
was  not  seriously  affected  by  the  flood.  From  the  experience  of  last 
year,  the  Directors  felt  that  they  could  do  the  most  good  by  taking  their 
corps  of  visitors  to  assist  in  the  distribution  of  food  and  clothing  in  the 
suffering  districts.  After  visiting  the  different  offices,  and  giving  what 
help  was  required,  the  field  was  found  more  than  full  of  laborers.  In  the 
meantime,  the  office  on  Mulberry  Street  was  kept  open  every  day  and 


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all  day,  ready  for  the  applicants,  who,  at  first,  came  very  slowly.  By 
the  end  of  the  week,  however,  so  many  refugees  from  the  river  banks 
had  come,  that  the  Directors  were  glad  to  accept  the  proffered  assistance 
of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  Relief  Fund,  and  for  two  weeks,  each  day 
and  sometimes  twice  a day,  liberal  supplies  of  food  were  received  from 
that  source.  "The  District  Relief  Committee  and  visitors  were  kept  busy 
the  entire  time  in  visiting  and  distributing,  and  tried,  to  the  best  of  their 
ability,  to  carry  out  the  rules  of  the  Associated  Charities,  and  also  to 
further  the  plans  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  Relief  Committee — that 
no  one  should  suffer.  In  addition  to  the  refugees,  a great  number  of 
families  required  temporary  assistance,  as  the  husbands  and  sons  were 
out  of  work  owing  to  the  flood.  These  largely  swelled  the  number  of 
'applicants,  and  it  has  taken  much  time  and  labor  since  then  to  settle  the 
work  of  the  district  down  to  its  usual  level.  After  the  return  of  the 
refugees  to  their  old  homes  near  the  river,  they  were  visited,  to  see  that 
they  were  comfortably  settled,  to  render  any  assistance  required,  and  to 
report  their  situation  to  their  respective  offices.  Clothing,  both  old  and 
new,  was  sent  from  many  private  families,  and  also  from  the  different 
churches  and  schools,  and  was  distributed  as  needed.  Clothing  was  also 
received  from  other  cities,  and  special  cash  contributions,  amounting  to 
$73.00,  were  thankfully  acknowledged.  The  statistics  of  the  district  re- 


lief work  are  as  follows: 

Number  of  families  registered  as  receiving  food,  . . . 131 

Number  of  persons  registered  as  receiving  food,  . • . 620 

Total  number  days  food  supplies,  ......  4,471 

Blankets  distributed, 62 

Comforts  distributed,  ........  23 

Mattresses  distributed, 3 

Shoes  distributed,  pairs, 147 


The  only  article  of  furniture  was  a rocking  chair  for  a sick  girl. 


THIRD  OR  MT.  ADAMS  DISTRICT. 

(From  Hunt  Street  to  the  river,  between  Washington  Street  and  Broad- 
way. Office,  Lorraine  Building.) 

This  district  includes  a long  strip  of  river  front,  part  of  which  is  very 
densely  peopled  by  the  poorest  class  of  citizens.  The  organization  of  the 
District  Society  was,  however,  equal  to  the  demand  upon  it,  and  the  re- 
lief was  administered  with  care  and  economy,  although  it  is  confidently 
believed  that  every  needy  person  received  adequate  assistance.  After 


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the  first  three  days,  the  entire  distribution  was  made  from  the  boats,  and 
consequently  the  precise  number  fed  can  not  be  set  down  with  cer- 
tainty. 

Total  number  of  families  registered  as  receiving  relief, 

Total  number  persons,  estimated,  receiving  relief,  '. 

Number  days’  supplies  of  food  for  persons  of  all  ages, 

Coal,  besides  that  given  from  coal  pile  at  Broadway, 

bushels, 

Number  of  families  receiving  clothing,  . . 

Number  of  persons  receiving  clothing,  .... 

Number  of  articles  of  clothing  (mostly  new), 

Number  of  pairs  shoes,  ....... 

Number  of  comforts  and  blankets  received  from  Head- 
quarters,   

New  furniture  and  repairing  the  same,  stoves  and  stove  re- 
pairs, bedding  and  other  necessaries,  including  provisions 
purchased  since  the  supply  from  Head-quarters  ceased, 

total  value, $1,060  00 

Besides  the  provisions  received  from  Head-quarters,  there 
was  a large  quantity  received  from  the  Eelief  Committee, 
through  the  Central  Office  Associated  Charities,  and 
from  private  donors.  Also  a large  quantity  of  clothing 
from  churches  in  the  city  and  out  of  it.  Cash  contri- 
butions were  also  received  to  the  amount  of,  . . . $361  80 


839 

6,676 

80,000 

1,225 

305 

960 

2,57o 

390 

215 


FOUETH  OE  CITY  HALL  DISTEICT. 

(From  Canal  Street  to  Fifth,  between  John  and  Broadway.  Office,  29 
College  Street.) 

This  district,  like  the  second,  had  none  of  the  flooded  ground  within  its 
borders,  but  a large  number  of  those  driven  from  their  houses  found 
temporary  shelter  with  friends  there,  and  the  number  of  bread-winners 
out  of  work  was  also  large.  The  number  supplied  was  as  follows: 


Number  of  families  registered  as  receiving  food,  . . . 154 

Number  of  persons  registered  as  receiving  food,  . . . 770 

Number  of  days’  food  supplies  to  persons  of  all  ages,  . 12,320 

Number  of  comforts  and  blankets,  .....  Ill 
Number  of  families  supplied  with  clothing,  ....  19 

Number  of  pairs  shoes  given,  ..*....  42 
Value  of  furniture  for  four  families  supplied,  . . . $63  00 


WORK  OF  THE  ASSOCIATED  CHARITIES. 


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FIFTH  OR  CENTRAL  RIVER  DISTRICT. 

(From  Fifth  Street  to  the  river,  between  Broadway  andfrjohn  Streets, 
Office,  57  W.  Third  Street.) 

This  district,  though  geographically  one  of  the  smaller  ones,  owing 
to  its  dense  population,  and  the  fact  that  nearly  all  its  inhabitants  are  of 
the  poorest  class,  and  that  fully  two-thirds  of  its  area  was  below  high- 
water  mark,  presented  a very  large  field  for  relief.  The  flood  of  last  year 
was  unprecedented  in  the  memory  of  the  oldest  inhabitant,  and  the  uni- 
versal opinion  was  that  if  goods  were  moved  above  the  level  of  last  year’s 
inundation,  they  were  certainly  safe.  Unfortunately,  this  was  not  so, 
and  the  result  was  that  the  last  four  feet  of  the  rise  did  more  damage 
than  all  the  rest,  and  the  district  was  called  upon  for  very  large  supplies 
of  furniture,  etc.  A large  proportion  of  the  food  supply  during  the 
actual  flood  was  distributed  from  the  fleet  of  boats,  so  that  it  is  impossible 
to  tell  the  exact  number  fed  during  that  period,  as  the  houses  were  not 
entered.  The  figures  given  below  are  as  near  an  approximation  as  pos- 
sible, and  it  is  believed  are  within  the  mark.  The  distribution  of  bedding 
and  furniture  was  in  no  case  made  without  a visit  to  the  family  relieved, 
and  as  thorough  an  investigation  into  their  circumstances  as  time  would 


allow. 

Number  of  families  fed, 1,137 

Number  of  persons  fed, 5,685 

Days’  supplies  of  food  for  persons  of  all  ages,  . . . 85,275 

Number  of  comforts  and  blankets,  ......  881 

Number  of  mattresses, 317 

Number  of  shoes,  pairs, 1,213 

Number  of  hose  (new), pairs, 470 

Number  of  hose  (second-hand),  pairs, 600 

Number  of  articles  of  clothing  (new),  .....  250 
Number  of  articles  of  clothing  (second-hand),  about,  . . 5,000 

Number  of  bushels  coal, 8,786 

Amount  of  furniture  and  repairing  done,  . . . $1,128  10 


Amount  of  stoves  and  repairing  done,  ....  $483  12 

Amount  of  groceries  purchased  since  food  supply  ceased,  $102  35 
In  addition  to  the  daily  food  supply  given  above,  which  includes  the 
regular  rations  of  bread,  meat,  coffee,  sugar,  beans,  etc.,  there  was  a large 
quantity  of  supplies  received  and  distributed  later,  some  from  the  Relief 
Committee,  through  the  Central  Office,  Associated  Charities,  and  others 


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from  private  donors.  Special  cash  contributions  amounting  to  $993,85 
were  also  received,  including  the  sum  of  $741.85  which  was  collected  by 
the  Eighteenth  Ward  Relief  Committee. 

SIXTH  OR  YORK  STREET  DISTRICT. 

(From  Liberty  Street  to  the  Canal  and  McMicken  Avenue,  between 
Vine  Street  and  McLean  Avenue.  Office  458  Baymiller  Street.) 

The  usual  boundary  of  this  district  includes  but  a very  small  portion 
of  the  flooded  territory,  but  the  exigencies  of  the  relief  demanded  that 
the  Directors  undertake  the  whole  of  the  eastern  side  of  Mill  Creek,  from 
Liberty  to  Thomas  Street.  This  the  district  did  in  a very  efficient  man- 
ner, being  ably  seconded  by  a branch  office  at  Weyand,  Jung  & Heilman’s 
brewery  until  after  the  waters  subsided,  and  the  officers  of  the  Twelfth 
District  were  able  to  reach  the  whole  of  their  own  territory. 

The  work  of  restoring  and  replacing  houses  throughout  the  whole  of 
the  Twenty-fourth  W ard,  and  the  extensive  help  needed  by  the  numerous 
gardeners  in  the  bottom  lands  near  Mill  Creek,  was  also  done  under  the 


direction  of  Mr.  S.  L.  Snodgrass,  President  of  the  Sixth  District,  and  is  re- 
ported with  that  district’s  work. 

Total  number  families  relieved, 417 

Total  number  persons  relieved, 2,085 

Total  days’  supplies  food  issued  persons  of  all  ages,  . . 16,680 

Coal,  bushels, 600 

Blankets  and  comforts,  ........  228 

Mattresses, 50 

Shoes,  pairs, 420 

Hose  (new),  pairs,  . . . . . . . • .50 

Garments  (new  and  second-hand),  besides  second-hand  hosier}^ 

and  shoes),  more  than 2,550 

Expenses  for  furniture,  stoves,  etc.,  ....  $154  00 


Expenses  for  provisions  since  supply  from  Head-quarters,  $200  00 
The  necessity  of  supplying  food  after  the  going  down  of  the  waters 
was  much  more  extensive  than  last  year.  The  total  amount  expended 
in  raising  and  replacing  houses  has  been  $1,400.40.  This  includes  compen- 
sation to  several  persons  whose  property  was  so  badly  wrecked  as  to  be 
irreparable,  and  some  who  were  located  in  places  which  could  not  be 
reached  with  the  necessary  machinery  to  do  the  work  of  raising  and  re- 
placing. The  total  number  of  buildings  repaired,  all  but  one  of  which 
was  in  the  Twenty-fourth  ward,  was  as  follows: 


WORK  OF  THE  ASSOCIAT ED  CHARITIES 


143 


Two  houses  of  four  rooms  each  turned  over  on  side. 

Five  kitchens  and  sheds  turned  over  on  side. 

Two  stables  of  three  apartments  turned  over  on  side. 

Ten  houses,  stables,  and  sheds  replaced  on  foundations. 

Sixteen  stables  and  sheds  rebuilt. 

Special  contributions  in  provisions  and  in  cash  were  received  and  used; 
a large  quantity  of  supplies  being  received  from  the  Relief  Committee, 
through  the  Central  Office,  Associated  Charities. 


SEVENTH  OR  EAST  END  DISTRICT. 

(From  north  city  limits  to  river,  between  Hackberry  and  Woodburn 
Streets  on  the  west  and  the  limits  on  the  east.  Office,  1305  Eastern 
Avenue.) 

The  work  was  nowhere  more  interesting,  nor  of  a more  varied  char- 
acter, than  in  this  large  district,  which  included  Pendleton,  Tusculum, 
and  Columbia,  and,  for  the  purposes  of  flood  relief,  took  in  also  East 
Columbia  and  Linwood.  Besides  the  work  of  feeding  the  hungry,  and 
clothing  the  naked,  the  Directors,  as  in  the  Sixth  District,  undertook  the 
task  of  restoring  the  numerous  houses  belonging  to  poor  persons,  which 
had  been  moved  off  their  foundations,  and  compensating  some  of  those 
whose  property  was  entirely  destroyed.  The  distribution  of  food  was  as 
follows: 

Number  of  families  registered  as  receiving  relief,  . . 334 

Number  of  persons  registered  as  receiving  relief,  . . 1,575 

Number  of  days’  supplies  of  food  (persons  of  all  ages),  . 28,310 
(The  above  consisted  principally  of  the  provisions  received 
from  the  Relief  Head-quarters.) 

Coal  supplied  was,  bushels, 2,290 

In  addition  to  these  supplies,  there  were  very  large  donations  received 
directly  from  neighboring  villages,  especially  Madisonville,  Oakley  and 
Mt.  Lookout,  and  from  Springboro’,  O.  The  village  of  Columbia  was  cut 
off  from  the  rest  of  the  district  for  several  days,  and  was,  during  that 
period,  supplied  entirely  from  Madisonville  and  Mt.  Lookout.  There 
were  also  extensive  supplies  received  from  the  Relief  Committee,  through 
the  Central  Office  Associated  Charities,  after  the  Head-quarters  were 
closed,  and  clothing  and  money  were  received  and  expended  by  private 
persons,  in  co-operatiun  with  the  district  work.  The  cash  received  from 
the  Relief  Committee  was  as  follows : 

For  furniture,  stoves,  bedding,  provisions,  etc.,  . . $1,159  50 


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For  replacing  and  repairing  houses,  ....  2,455  12 

For  compensation  to  persons  whose  houses  were  totally  de- 
stroyed,   400  00 

The  buildings  replaced  on  their  foundations,  some  of  them  being 
moved  considerable  distances,  consisted  of  82  dwellings,  19  kitchens,  24 
barns  and  sheds,  and  6 out-houses — total,  181.  Many  of  these  buildings 
needed  much  work  in  repairing,  some  before  they  were  moved,  and  some 
afterward. 

The  amount  needed  for  furniture  and  bedding  was  very  much  lessened 
from  what  it  would  otherwise  have  been  by  the  prompt  action  of  the 
district  officers,  during  the  early  days  of  the  flood,  in  engaging  wagons 
and  boats  to  remove  the  goods  of  persons  whose  houses  were  endangered. 
The  Head-quarters  of  the  district  during  the  relief  were  at  the  Engine 
House  Delta.  It  is  confidently  believed  that  no  case  of  real  distress  was 
refused  relief,  while  many  persons  had  help  tendered  them  unasked. 

EIGHTH  OB  MUSIC  HALL  DISTRICT. 

(From  Liberty  Street  to  Court  Street  and  the  canal,  between  Vine  and 
Baymiller.  Office,  58  Clark  Street.) 

Like  the  Second  and  Fourth,  this  district  had  no  flooded  territory,  but 
was  very  largely  called  on  for  help  by  refugees  who  were  temporarily 
located  within  its  boundaries,  and  by  those  of  its  inhabitants  whose 
means  of  subsistence  were  cut  off  by  the  flooding  of  the  bottoms.  The 
active  work  began  on  Monday,  the  11th  of  February.  Before  that  day, 
there  had  been  only  the  ordinary  number  of  applicants.  From  then  to 
the  30th,  the  office  was  kept  very  busy.  No  applicant  was  refused  tem- 
porary help  of  one-half  day's  rations,  and  none  was  helped  a second 
time  without  investigation  having  been  made,  as  the  opportunities  of  fraud 
in  such  a district  were  very  great.  Two  buggies  with  horses  were  kept 
going  all  day  for  over  a week,  used  by  Directors  and  visitors  in  the  work 
of  investigation. 

Total  number  of  families  registered  as  fed,  . . . 505 

Total  number  of  persons  registered  as  fed,  . . . 2,525 

Total  number  of  days’  supplies  of  food  (persons  of  all  ages),  20,200 

Comforts  and  blankets  distributed, 184 

Shoes,  pairs, 100 

Coal,  bushels, 725 


WORK  OF  THE  ASSOCIATED  CHARITIES. 


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Articles  purchased  after  the  supply  from  Head-quarters  had 
ceased — 

Furniture,  bedding,  etc..,  . . . ; . . . $150  00 

Shoes  and  stockings, 50  00 

Provisions, 25  00 

Besides  the  above,  there  has  been  given  out  a very  large  quantity  of 
clothing  and  provisions,  received  from  the  Belief  Committee,  through 
the  Central  Office  Associated  Charities,  and  from  private  donors.  The 
distress  occasioned  by  the  flood  was  not  ended  when  the  water  went 
down,  and  it  was  fully  two  months  before  the  district  got  down  to  its 
usual  level  of  work.  Special  flood  contributions,  amounting  to  $150.00, 
were  received  from  two  churches  in  the  district. 


NINTH  OB  HUGHES  HIGH  SCHOOL  DISTBICT. 

(From  Court  Street  to  the  river,  between  John  and  Baymiller.  Office, 
Northwest  Corner  Seventh  and  Mound.) 

This  district  was  perhaps  more  thoroughly  prepared  for  the  great 
emergency  of  the  flood  than  any  of  the  others,  and  it  began  its  flood  re- 
lief before  the  supplies  were  ready  to  be  issued  from  Head-quarters. 
Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  the  houses  of  nearly  all  the  applicants 
were  in  the  water,  not  one  case  escaped  investigation,  and  it  is  at  the 
same  time  confidently  believed  that  not  one  poor  family  in  the  district 
suffered  from  lack  of  food.  A street  register  of  the  lower  part  of  the  dis- 
trict, compiled  after  last  year’s  flood,  now  did  excellent  service,  and 


greatly  facilitated  the  work  of  investigation. 


The  statistics  of  the  district  are  as  follows: 
Total  families  relieved,  . 

1,116 

Total  persons  relieved, 

5,580 

Total  days’  supplies  of  food  for  persons  of  all  ages,  101,800 

Families  received  clothing, 

405 

Families  received  shoes, 

340 

Families  received  furniture, 

178 

Families  received  bedding, 

00 

<M 

Families  received  coal,  .... 

142 

Blankets  and  comforts  distributed, 

934 

Mattresses  distributed,  .... 

103 

Coal  distributed,  bushels,  .... 

3,000 

Furniture,  stoves,  and  repairs,  . 

$691  00 

New  clothing,  valued  at,  .... 

250  00 

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THE  RELIEF  COMMITTEE. 


Provisions  purchased  since  supply  from  Head-quarters  ceased,  $250  00, 
in  addition  to  large  supplies  of  potatoes,  flour  and  other  provisions  re- 
ceived from  the  Relief  Committee,  through  the  Central  Oflice  Associated 
Charities,  and  from  private  donors,  and  a very  large  amount  of  second- 
hand clothing,  not  less  than  2,500  articles. 

The  special  cash  and  other  contributions,  received  by  the  district  for 
the  flood  relief,  will  be  acknowledged  in  the  usual  annual  report. 


TENTH  OR  CD MMINSVILLE  DISTRICT. 

(Cumminsville  and  the  vicinity  southward  to  general  lino  of  city  limits. 

Oflice,  Blue  Rock  Street.) 

This  district  began  preparing  for  the  flood  on  the  afternoon  of  Tues- 
day, the  5th  of  February,  by  ordering  such  supplies  of  groceries  and  dry 
goods  as  experience  showed  would  be  necessary.  These  supplies  were 
received  on  Wednesday,  when  a committee  of  ladies  found  15  ref- 
ugees in  the  Knowlton  Street  School  House,  for  whom  no  provision  had 
been  made.  They  took  them  in  charge,  providing  them  with  supper  and 
such  bedding  as  they  had  on  hand.  They  also  telephoned  to  the  infirm- 
ary for  a supply  of  bread,  which  came  the  next  day.  A supply  of  bread 
came  from  the  Central  Office  Associated  Charities  on  Thursday  morn- 
ing,  in  time  for  breakfast,  by  which,  time  the  number  of  refugees 
had  increased  to  27.  Steps  having  been  taken  to  form  a Citizen’s 
Relief  Committee,  the  Tenth  District  Board,  not  wishing  to  appear  in 
opposition  to  that  or  any  other  committee  of  citizens,  tendered  and  con- 
tinued  their  services  until  the  Committee  could  be  organized  and  get  to 
work,  serving  63  persons  to  dinner  and  75  to  supper,  before  which  latter 
meal  the  first  supplies  had  arrived  from  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  Re- 
lief Committee.  These  consisting  of  raw  hams,  the  ladies  took,  each, 
one  or  two  home  and  boiled  them,  returning  them  on  Friday  morning. 
On  Thursday  afternoon,  as  the  Citizen’s  Committee  had  appointed  a Su- 
perintendent and  a Clerk,  the  District  Board  ceased  taking  any  record 
of  what  was  done,  although  almost  the  entire  work  continued  to  devolve 
upon  them  and  a few  of  their  friends.  Day  succeeded  day  of  hard  work 
and  excitement,  from  early  morning  until  late  at  night,  the  number  of 
persons  fed  in  the  building  being  180,  and  rations  being  given  out  daily 
for  1,200  more. 

Many  contributions  were  sent  in  from  neighboring  places,  among  them 
College  Hill,  Winton  Place,  Clifton,  Glendale,  Springdale,  Wyoming, 
Lockland,  Hartwell,  Carthage,  Mt.  Airy,  Mt.  Pleasant  and  Cheviot. 


WORK  OF  THE  ASSOCIATED  CHARITIES. 


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Many  of  thesa  contributions  were  made  to  the  Associated  Charities,  and 
were  received  at  and  distribited  from  the  office  on  Blue  Rock  Street. 
A very  large  quantity  of  clothing  was  thus  sent  in,  amounting  in  value 
to  several  hundred  dollars,  and  cash  contributions  were  also  received, 
amounting  to  $327.75. 

Among  the  most  agreeable  features  of  the  work  was  the  cordial  co- 
operation and  assistance  of  many  ladies  and  gentlemen,  not  members  of 
the  Society,  from  the  village  and  vicinity.  A committee  of  ladies  from 
Clifton  drove  over  every  day,  as  soon  as  the  waters  subsided,  and  using 
the  office  books  and  reports  as  a basis,  made  personal  visits,  and  dis- 
tributed relief  in  clothing,  food,  etc.,  with  their  own  hands,  to  the  value 
of  several  hundred  dollars,  besides  contributing  to  the  Society  in  cash. 

The  total  amount  expended  for  furniture  was  $123.00;  the  value  of 
the  clothing  and  other  supplies  it  is  absolutely  impossible  to  estimate. 
The  ten  days’  of  district  work,  ending -with  March  1st,  show's  grants  to 
the  value  of  $441.14  made  to  130  applicants.  The  rations  being  dis- 
tributed by  the  Citizen’s  Committee,  it  is  not  our  place  to  report.  On 
the  whole,  the  Directors  are  satisfied  that  the  suffering  occasioned  by  the 
flood,  was  relieved  as  effectively  as  possible. 


ELEVENTH  OR  LOWER  MILLCREEK  DISTRICT. 

(From  Lehman  Road  and  Liberty  Streets  to  the  river,  between  the  west- 
ern city  limits  and  Bay  miller  street.  Office,  509  West  Eighth  Street.) 

This  large  district  was  divided,  during  the  height  of  the  flood,  into  the 
Eleventh  East  and  the  Eleventh  West,  the  Head-quarters  of  the  former 
being  at  the  Engine  House,  Ninth  and  Freeman,  and  of  the  latter,  at 
Bethlehem  Chapel.  The  distribution  of  the  relief  was  as  follows: 


Total  number  of  families  registered  as  receiving,  . . 1,190 

Total  number  of  persons  registered  as  receiving,  . . 5,950 

Days’  supplies  of  food  to  persons  of  all  ages,  . . 66,600 

Value  of  provisions  purchased,  ......  $627  47 

Value  of  furniture  purchased, $194  23 

Value  of  furniture  repairing, $198  60 

Value  of  stoves  and  repairing,  $54  08 

Coal  distributed,  bushels, 3,625 

Mattresses, 225 

Comforts, 181 

Blankets, 231 

Shoes,  pairs, 842 


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Hose,  pairs, 240 

Relief  in  cash, $134  08 

Dry  goods, $119  65 

Clothing,  articles,  not  less  than 3,000 

Potatoes,  bushels, 157 

Flour,  barrels, 12 

Soap,  pounds, 215 


Repairing  houses  and  partial  compensation  to  persons  whose  houses 
were  totally  destroyed,  $800,  besides  large  quantities  of  sundries,  such  as 
canned  goods,  mackerel,  hominy,  etc.,  received  from  the  Relief  Com- 
mittee, through  the  Central  Office  Associated  Charities,  and  from  private 
donations.  In  addition  to  the  clothing  mentioned  above,  which  was 
principally  distributed  to  the  eastern  part  of  the  district,  there  was  re- 
ceived by  the  western  part,  and  distributed  mainly  to  the  refugees  in  the 
school  house,  a quantity  of  clothing  which  was  estimated  as  a full  outfit 
for  not  less  than  400  persons.  Special  contributions  in  goods  and  cloth- 
ing were  received  from  residents  and  others;  the  cash  subscriptions, 
whi  h amounted  to  $1,082.12,  included  a sum  of  $800  which  was  col- 
lected and  expended  in  the  Twenty-first  Ward  west  of  Millcreck,  before 
drawing  on  the  Relief  Committee  for  supplies. 


TWELFTH  OR  NORTH-WEST  DISTRICT. 

(From  northe  rn  line  of  city  limits  to  Lehman  Road  and  Liberty  Street, 
between  western  city  limits  and  the  canal  and  McLean  Avenue. 
Office,  State  and  Harrison  Avenues.) 

Owing  to  the  very  large,  extent  of  ground  covered  by  this  district,  and 
the  fact  that  it  embraces  both  sides  of  the  Millcreek  valley,  the  eastern 
side  was,  during  the  flood,  included  in  the  Sixth  District,  to  which  it  is 
contiguous,  while  the  sufferers  in  the  northern  part  were  supplied  by  the 
Committee  who  had  charge  of  the  Camp  Washington  School  House. 
The  western  half  was  again  subdivided  by  Lick  Run  creek,  and  the  dis- 
tribution was  made  from  the  Twenty-fifth  District  School  House,  for  the 
northern  part,  and  from  the  usual  office  of  the  district,  at  State  and  Har- 
rison Avenues,  for  the  southern  part.  The  items  below  include  the  dis- 
tribution from  these  two  latter  points,  during  the  height  of  the  flood,  and 
the  whole  relief  except  the  restoring  and  replacing  of  houses,  from  the 
going  down  of  the  water  until  the  end: 

Number  of  families  relieved, 204 

Number  of  persons  relieved,  ......  1,020 


WORK  OF  THE  ASSOCIATED  CHARITIES.. 


149 


Days’  supplies  of  food  issued, 

. 5,560 

Families  received  coal,  ...... 

70 

Families  received  bedding, 

55 

Value  of  coal,  ......... 

$96  00 

Value  of  furniture  and  bedding, 

$225  00 

Number  of  articles  of  clothing,  ..... 

1,500 

Number  of  pairs  of  shoes, 

150 

Amount  for  repairs  of  houses,  etc.,  west  of  Millcreek, 

. $150  00 

Amount  for  food  since  issuance  of  rations, 

. $50  00 

Besides  the  above  items  there  was  a quantity  of  provisions  received 
through  the  Central  Office  Associated  Charities  and  from  private  donor-, 
several  large  supplies  of  bread  from  Cheviot  and  other  places,  and 
many  small  contributions  of  the  same  kind,  besides  a large  quantity  of 
clothing. 


SUMMARY  OF  THE  DISTRICT  WORK. 

Number  of  families  relieved, 6,374 

Number  of  individuals  relieved, 34,310 

Total  number  of  days’  food  supplies,  for  persons  of  all  ages, 
issued  from  the  provisions  received  from  Head-quarters,  439,164 

Articles  of  clothing  issued, 26,655 

Shoes,  pairs,  issued, 5,154 

Hose  (new),  pairs,  issued, 796 

Blankets  issued, 1,701 

Comforts  issued, 1,338 

Mattresses  issued,  . 716 

Coal,  bushels,  issued, 24,411 

Value  of  furniture,  stoves,  and  repairing  purchased  since 

Head-quarters  closed, $6,162  70 

Provisions  purchased  since  Head-quarters  closed,  . . 2,145  99 

Estimated  value  of  other  provisions  received  since  Head- 
quarters closed, 1,000  00 

Amount  used  in  repairing  houses  and  in  compensation  for 
loss  of  house  property, 5,424  60 


The  entire  amount  of  expenses  of  distribution  of  this  enormous 
amount  of  food,  through  the  District  and  Central  Offices  reported,  was 
$1,805.42,  of  which  the  Relief  Committee  paid  $1,277.20,  the  remainder 
being  defrayed  from  the  Central  Board  special  flood  subscriptions. 


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There  have  no  doubt  been  other  items  of  expense,  which  have  been  de- 
frayed from  the  funds  of  the  District  Offices,  and  not  reported,  but  the 
fact  remains,  and  is  a very  instructive  one,  that  nearly  all  the  work  of 
the  relief  was  the  work  of  volunteers — ladies  and  gentlemen — many  of 
them  entirely  unaccustomed  to  the  severe  physical  labor  which  much  of 
it  involved. 

Special  contributions  to  flood  relief,  received  by  the  Central  Board, 
amounted  to  $1,330.93,  and  were  used  partly  to  purchase  dry  goods  to  be 
made  up  into  clothing  by  committees  of  ladies  working  in  the  churches, 
partly  to  pay  the  expenses  of  administering  the  relief,  and  partly  for 
the  relief  of  certain  special  cases  which  did  not  come  within  the  purview 
of  the  original  agreement  between  the  Relief  Committee  and  the  Asso- 
ciated Charities. 

There  is  a small  balance  remaining  on  hand,  which  has  been  set  aside 
as  a fund  to  be  used  for  the  relief  of  non-residents,  worthy  of  help,  al- 
though they  have  no  claim  on  any  individual  district. 

In  addition  to  the  work  reported  above,  the  Associated  Charities  has 
been  the  medium  for  special  relief  to  some  worthy  persons,  from  funds 
in  the  hands  of  private  individuals  in  the  city.  There  are  some  cases 
still  to  be  attended  to,  outside  and  inside  our  own  borders — cases  which 
have  escaped  relief  even  down  to  this  late  day. 

Respectfully  submitted  to  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Common 
Council  Relief  Committee. 

For  the  Associated  Charities, 

Wm.  Alex.  Johnson, 

General  Secretary . 


Work  of  Relief  Union. 


Cincinnati,  Jxine  1roth , 1884. 

HENRY  C.  URNER, 

Chairman  of  the  Relief  Committee  of  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  Common 
Council  of  Cincinnati: 

Dear  Sir — I am  advised  that  you  are  about  to  publish  the  work  of 
your  Committee  during  the  unparalleled  flood  of  February,  1884,  and  that 
you  will  cheerfully  publish  the  reports  of  the  Cincinnati  Relief  Union 
and  sister  Societies  who  aided  in  the  good  work. 

Our  Society,  having  no  clerks  or  paid  assistants,  can  not  now  con- 
veniently give  a detailed  statement  of  the  work  done  by  the  Relief 
Union,  as  the  large  territory  covered  by  the  waters,  and  the  great  number 
that  required  assistance,  called  for  supply  depots  from  the  Little  Miami 
river  to  Sedamsville  and  Cumminsville.  Our  members  having  charge  of 
the  flooded  territory  were  detailed  in  their  own  wards — as  their  long  ex- 
perience and  acquaintaene  made  them  especially  useful  in  relieving  the 
worthy  and  detecting  impostors.  Messrs.  James  C.  Morrison,  E.  Evans, 
A.  S.  Bowen,  and  J.  Webb,  Jr.,  representing  the  Fourth,  Fifth,  and  Eighth 
Wards,  in  the  low  grounds,  from  Washington  Street  to  Central 
Avenue,  took  especial  charge  of  our  Head-quarters,  at  No.  4 We;t  Fourth 
Street,  which  were  kindly  furnished  by  Dr.  Joseph  L.  Anderson,  as  was 
also  No.  196  West  Fifth  Street,  by  Wm.  A.  Goodman,  agent. 

No.  4 WestFourth  Street  was  our  Head-quarters  from  February  10th  to 
24th,  two  weeks,  during  which  time  2,064  orders  for  supplies  were  issued. 
Calls  from  persons  not  personally  known  to  our  members  were  carefully 
investigated  before  relief  was  given.  The  average  persons  in  each  family 
relieved  was  a fraction  over  four.  The  number  of  families  relieved  at 
Head-quarters  in  the  two  weeks  was  about- 500,  showing  that  an  average 
of  about  four  orders  were  given  to  each  family. 

During  the  above  two  weeks,  and  thereafter,  our  Head-quarters  sent 
supplies  to  Dr. S.  Y.  Wiseman  and  J.  T.  Sconce,  of  the  First  Ward;  James 
Cummings,  of  the  Nineteenth  Ward;  John  C.  Robinson  and  A.  S.  Mer- 
rill, of  the  Twentieth  Ward;  Peter  R.  Neff  and  W.  H.  King,  of  the 
Twenty-first  Ward;  Reuben  Crosley,  of  the  Twenty-third  Ward  ; Charles 

151 


152 


THE  RELIEF  COMMITTEE. 


Stewart,  of  the  Twenty-fourth  Ward;  and  Armand  DeSerisy,  of  the 
Twenty-fifth  Ward,  all  of  whom  did  good  service  in  rendering  prompt 
aid  to  the  flood  sufferers  in  their  respective  wards,  but  I have  not  the 
figures  showing  the  number  of  families  or  persons  relieved  at  these  branch 
offices.  The  members  of  the  Relief  Union  representing  territory  above 
the  flood,  rendered  efficient  aid  at  Head- quarters  and  in  collecting  sup- 
plies about  the  city,  and  at  the  depots,  where  supplies  were  received  from 
sundry  persons  outside  the  city,  and  often  outside  the  State.  Especial 
mention  should  be  made  of  F.  Kallendorf  and  E.  H.  Strietelmeier,  of  the 
Thirteenth  Ward,  and  Reuben  Crosley,  of  the  Twenty-third  Ward,  who 
furnished  their  own  horses  and  wagons,  and  collected  a very  large 
amount  of  provisions,  clothing,  etc.,  which  was  carefully  distributed  from 
our  supply  depot.  With  these  supplies,  and  the  large  amount  furnished 
by  your  Committee,  the  receipts  for  which  you  will  find  among  your 
papers,  we  were  enabled  to  assist  all  the  really  needy  and  deserving  that 
made  application  to  us. 

I regret  my  inability  now  to  name  the  liberal  donors  of  the  large 
amount  of  supplies  received  by  us,  but  all  were  published  or  acknowl- 
edged at  the  time.  I will  state,  that  we  received  from  you,  on  March 
10th,  in  addition  to  the  supplies  received  before,  1,350  pairs  of  shoes,  375 
pairs  of  blankets,  180  comforts,  62  mattresses,  and  3,100  bushels  of  coal 
or  the  cash  to  pay  said  bills. 

Respectfully  yours, 

S.  S.  DAVIS, 

T reasurer  Relief  Union. 


Report  of  John  Weyand. 


Cincinnati,  February  21  si,  1881. 

To  the  Relief  Committee,  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Common  Council : 

Gentlemen  : — Intrusted  by  your  honorable  body  with  the  task  of 
supplying  residents  of  my  district,  in  destitute  condition  and  suffering 
by  the  fl.>od,  with  the  necessary  food  or  clothing,  etc.,  as  circumstances 
called  for,  I have  managed  to  the  best  of  my  ability.  I received  from 
headquarters:  3,300  loaves  bread,  7 boxes  coffee,  14  barrels  meat,  2 boxes 
crackers,  11  barrels  sausaere,  7 sacks  beans,  12  barrels  potatoes  and  tur- 
nips, 32  pairs  shoes,  a quantity  of  sugar  and  rice,  25  quilts,  99  blankets 
(of  which  1 1 were  returned)  and  8 lanterns  (for  the  use  of  the  boats),  which 
I judiciously  distributed  in  flooded  districts,  from  Lincoln  Park  up  to 
Harrison  Avenue,  west  of  Freeman  Avenue. 

Messrs.  Weyand,  Jung  & Heilman  kindly  gave  me  the  unlimited  use 
of  their  wagons,  besides  putting  one  skiff  and  three  flat-boats  at  my  dis- 
posal, thus  enabling  me,  still  more  successfully,  to  carry  out  my  mission. 
The  four  boats,  which  regularly,  twice  a day,  made  their  trips,  were  in 
the  hands  of  the  following  gentlemen,  who  kindly  volunteered  their 
services:  Councilman  Jacob  Ungeheuer,  and  Messrs,  Chas.  Kimbal, 
J.  Deck,  C.  Luckey,  E.  Shaeppel,  Ch.  Burnette,  and  Jos.  A.  Shiffers. 

Every  one  of  the  above-named  gentlemen,  through  cold  and  rain,  at 
day  and  night,  with  unfaltering  energy,  stuck  to  their  work,  and  most 
decidedly  deserve  great  credit. 

Outside  donations  I received  from: 

Mr.  Luppert,  24  cans  preserves. 

Messrs.  Weyand,  Jung  & Heilman,  145  bushels  coal,  and  about  $70.00 
worth  of  groceries. 

The  Associated  Charities,  Sixth  District,  458  Baymiller  Street,  occa- 
sionally, were  running  short  of  blankets,  shoes,  etc.,  and,  acting  on 
their  recommendation,  as  well  as  Mr.  Gustav  Loewenstein,  Colonel 

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THE  RELIEF  COMMITTEE, 


M.  L.  Hawkins,  and  others,  etc.),  I have  supplied  parties  that  no  doubt 
needed  assistance,  although  they  were  not  exactly  in  my  district. 

I am  convinced,  that  by  our  help,  we  have  succeeded  in  relieving  the 
distress  of  a great  many  of  our  fellow-citizens,  and,  in  extending  here- 
with my  cordial  thanks  to  all  those  who  kindly  assisted  me  in  my  work 
of  charity,  I remain. 

Very  respectfully,  yours, 

John  Weyand. 


Work  of  Citizens  Committee,  25th 

Ward. 


Cincinnati,  June  2bth,  1884. 

H.  C.  U.RNER,  ESQ., 

Chairman  Relief  Committee : 

I beg  to  submit  the  following  summary  of  the  work  performed  by  the 
Citizens’  Committee  of  the  Twenty-fiiftli  Ward,  in  connection  with  the 
flood  of  February,  1884: 


Number  of  families  relieved,  .... 

. 504 

Number  of  persons  relieved  daily, 

1,382 

Greatest  number  of  persons  relieved, 

. 2,105 

Total  number  of  days  food  supplied, 

23 

Articles  of  clothing  issued,  .... 

. 643 

Number  of  pairs  of  shoes  issued,  .... 

517 

Number  of  pairs  of  hose  issued, 

. 674 

Number  of  blankets  issued,  ..... 

1,645 

Number  of  comforts  issued,  .... 

. 560 

Number  of  mattresses  issued,  .... 

150 

Number  of  cots  issued,  ..... 

12 

Number  of  bushels  of  coal  issued, 

7,116 

Amount  of  money  used  in  replacing  and  repairing 

houses  in- 

jured  by  the  flood,  . . . 

11, 800 

Owing  to  the  unprecedented  height  of  the  flood  this  year,  many  per- 


sons who  were  prepared  for  a flood  similar  to  the  one  of  last  year,  be- 
came eventually  heavy  losers  in  the  way  of  clothing,  bedding,  and  house- 
hold lurniture,  as  it  was  too  late  to  find  the  means  of  saving  them  after 
the  water  had  risen  beyond  the  highest  point  of  last  year. 

An  appeal  for  assistance  was  made  by  the  Relief  Committee  of  this 
ward  to  the  farmers  of  the  surrounding  country  and  to  the  people,  in 
general  of  the  surrounding  towns,  who  responded  most  nobly  with  sup- 
plies of  potatoes,  meat,  bread,  other  provisions,  and  clothing  in  sufficient 
quantities,  with  what  was  received  from  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  to 
supply  the  temporary  wants  of  all  of  the  needy  who  applied. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

John  C.  Heywood, 

Secretary. 

(155) 


Physical  History  of  the  Flood. 


By  R.  B.  Stephenson. 


The  causes  which  combined  to  produce  the  flood  of  1884  in  the  Ohio 
river  were  geographical,  topographical,  and  meteorological.  The  river 
is  formed  at  Pittsburg  by  the  confluence  of  the  Alleghany  and  Monon- 
gahela  rivers,  coming  from  opposite  directions.  The  sources  of  the 
Alleghany  are  numerous  creeks  in  the  mountains  of  New  York,  and  it  is 
fed  by  hundreds  of  other  tributaries  that  traverse  Western  Pennsyl- 
vania and  parts  of  Ohio,  draining  an  area  of  18,000  square  miles.  The 
sources  of  the  Monongahela  river  are  not  large  streams,  consisting  of  the 
Tygart  Valley  branch,  in  Maryland,  and  the  West  Fork,  in  West  Virginia, 
uniting  at  Fairmont,  below  which  point,  on  the  east  side,  enter  a large 
number  of  small  streams.  A short  distance  below  Fairmont,  on  the  west 
side,  enters  the  Cheat  river,  which  is  the  largest  tributary  of  the  upper 
Monongahela,  draining  much  mountainous  territory,  and  appropriately 
named,  by  reason  of  its  sudden  fluctuations,  which  are  sometimes  without 
cause  apparent  to  the  people  who  live  upon  its  shores.  Also  among  the 
streams  that  enter  the  Monongahela,  on  the  west  side,  are  the  Redstone 
and  the  Youghiogheny,  the  latter  being  its  largest  tributary,  having  its 
source  in  the  glades  of  Maryland,  and  emptying  into  it  a few  miles  above 
Pittsburg.  At  Confluence,  Pa.,  the  Youghiogheny  is  joined  by  the 
Laurel  Hill  creek  and  Castleman  creek,  all  draining  small  mountainous 
districts  on  one  side  of  the  Alleghany  range,  while  a much  larger  volume 
of  water  finds  its  way  from  the  same  range  to  the  Potomac,  on  the  other 
side.  Below  Confluence,  the  feeders  of  the  Youghiogheny  are  numerous. 
The  estimated  drainage  of  the  Youghiogheny  and  its  tributaries  is 
2,100  square  miles,  and  of  the  Monongahela  and  its  other  tributaries, 
4,900  square  miles,  making  the  total  water-shed  of  the  Monongahela 
7,000  square  miles,  which,  added  to  that  of  the  Alleghany,  gives  a grand 
total  area  of  20,000  square  miles  drained  by  the  sources  of  the  Ohio  river, 
the  waters  of  which  were  augmented  below,  during  the  first  week  of 
February,  by  the  Muskingum  river  and  tributaries,  draining  the  south- 
western portion  of  Ohio;  the  Little  Kanawha  river,  draining  the  west- 
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ern  slopes  of  West  Virginia;  the  Elk  river,  supplied  by  springs  on  the 
south  side  of  Rich  Mountain,  and  rising  and  spreading  out  until  it  be- 
came navigable  80  miles  for  steamboats,  and  emptying,  at  Charleston, 
into  the  Kanawha,  which,  with  its  tributaries,  drains  the  entire  southern 
half  of  West  Virginia;  and  yet  below  these  there  were  added  to  the  waters 
of  the  Ohio  those  of  the  Guyandotte,-  Big  Sandy,  Little  Guyandotte,  Licking 
Kentucky,  Green,  Tennessee,  and  Cumberland  rivers,  on  the  south  side, 
and  the  Scioto,  Little  Miami,  Great  Miami,  White,  and  Wabash  rivers, 
on  the  north  side,  nearly  all  being  navigable  rivers,  and  the  hundreds  of 
streams  tributary  to  these,  as  well  as  many  small  streams  that  empty  di- 
rectly into  the  Ohio,  on  both  sides. 

The  meteorological  causes  of  the  flood  began  on  the  14th  day  of  Decem- 
ber, 1888,  when  the  winter’s  first  fall  of  snow  occurred  in  the  Ohio  Valley, 
less  than  1 inch  in  depth  at  Cincinnati,  where  the  stage  of  the  Ohio 
river  was  10  feet  7 inches  on  that  day,  a minimum  to  which  it  did  not 
again  decline  for  a period  of  6 months  or  more.  To  the  snow,  on  the  date 
named,  was  added  rainfall  to  the  depth  of  sixteen-hundredths  of  an  inch. 
Light  snows  fell  on  the  15th,  16th,  18th,  and  19th  of  December,  followed 
15y  a heavier  snow  on  the  20th,  and  twelve  hours  of  snow  on  the  22nd, 
the  fall  of  the  day  last  indicated  measuring  6|  inches  in  depth.  The 
snow  then  on  the  ground  was  partly  removed  and  partly  more  closely 
packed  by  a fall  of  sleet  and  rain  on  the  28rd  that  equaled  a rainfall  of 
2.57  inches,  after  which  the  temperature  became  so  cold  that  ice  appeared 
in  the  river  the  following  day,  which  disappeared  on  the  28th,  under 
the  influence  of  light  rains  which  fell  on  the  27th.  Light  rains,  but 
enough  to  carry  much  of  the  snow  into  the  river,  and  solidify  that  which 
remained  on  the  ground,  fell  also  on  the  30th  and  31st.  The  total  fall  of 
snow,  sleet,  and  rain,  during  the  month  of  December,  reduced  to  rainfall, 
was  5.61  inches.  The  highest  stage  of  the  river  during  the  month  was 
49J  feet,  on  the  28th,  when  it  began  to  decline. 

Light  snows  were  frequent,  and  a cold  temperature  prevailed  from  the 
1st  to  the  14th  of  January,  1884,  when  a heavy  snow  set  in  at  5 p.  m., 
and  continued  until  the  following  day,  and  on  the  19th  there  was  an- 
other light  fall  of  snow.  These  alternated  with  sleet  and  rain,  and  the 
temperature  varied,  during  the  last  5 days,  between  zero  and  60  degrees 
above.  The  first  half  of  the  month  was  generally  cold,  but  there  were 
slight  variations  in  the  weather  conditions.  These  variations  and  other 
influences  were  sufficient  to  cause  the  river  to  fall,  first,  from  49 J feet  on 
December  28th,  to  15  feet  5 inches  on  January  13th,  then  rise  to  24  feet 
1 inch  on  the  19th,  th^i  fall  to  15  feet  9 inches  on  the  29th,  and  rise  again 


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to  31  feet  3 inches  on  the  31st,  when  the  flood  of  1884  properly  began. 
The  30th  of  January  found  upon  the  ground  much  of  the  previous  fall  of 
18  inches  to  4 feet  of  solidifed  snow,  packed  upon  the  hills,  and  moun- 
tains, and  valleys  of  the  Ohio  river  and  its  tributaries,  and  the  smaller 
streams  tributary  to  the  latter.  The  depth  of  snow  that  fell  at  Cincin- 
nati during  the  month  of  January  was  10  inches,  and  much  more  had  fallen 
at  other  locaties  that  would  affect  the  condition  of  the  river.  The  rain- 
fall of  the  month  was  1.23  inches.  The  snow,  sleet,  and  rain,  reduced  to 
rainfall,  was  2.21  inches.  One  rain  followed  another  from  the  30th  of 
January  to  the  13th  of  February,  which  affected  the  river  accordingly. 

During  the  two  or  three  closing  days  of  January,  a warm  temperature 
spread  itself  over  a territory  represented  by  the  length  of  the  Ohio 
river,  but  events  in  March  showed  that  it  did  not  extend  more  than  100 
miles  on  either  side  of  the  same,  nor  up  the  Alleghany  Valley,  nor  up 
the  tributaries  on  the  east  side  of  the  Monongahela,  else  the  magnitude 
of  the  flood  of  1884  would  have  been  much  greater.  On  the  29th  there 
was  a general  rain  over  the  southern  half  of  the  water-shed  heretofore 
described,  but  it  missed  the  Alleghany  drainage,  the  snow  being  scarcely 
disturbed,  and  the  ice  remained  firm  in  the  Alleghany  and  Youghiogheny 
rivers  and  their  tributaries.  The  rain  and  warm  weather  continued  up  the 
Monongahela  and  some  of  its  tributaries,  and  that  river  continued  to  rise, 
while,  simultaneously,  all  tributaries  of  the  Ohio  below  poured,  out  floods 
of  water,  not  all,  however,  from  their  headwaters.  But,  restricted  as 
was  the  territory  covered  by  the  warm  temperature,  which,  at  Cincin- 
nati, was  59  degrees,  at  2:30  p.  m.,  of  January  31st,  it  was  fraught  with 
grave  consequences.  The  ice  which  had  held  firm  in  the  Youghiogheny 
river  throughout  the  winter,  was,  on  that  day,  partially  broken  up, 
and,  while  it  did  not  pass  into  the  Monongahela  until  the  5th,  it  piled 
up  in  its  own  bed,  caused  adjacent  territory  to  be  overflowed  by  back 
water,  and  destroyed  much  property.  The  Monongahela  rose,  on 
January  31,  to  a depth  of  29  feet  at  Brownsville  and  21  feet  at  Pitts- 
burgh, and  much  coal  property  was  carried  away. 

The  ice  in  the  Muskingum  and  Little  Kanawha  rivers  gave  way  on  the 
same  day,  and  both  of  those  tributaries  poured  their  floods  into  the  Ohio, 
the  stage  of  the  Ohio  at  Marietta  being  21  feet,  and  at  Parkersburg  24  feet. 
Freshets  in  the  Elk  river  and  Paint  creek  caused  the  Kanawha  river 
to  swell  to  19  feet  at  Charleston  on  January  31st,  and  this  water  was  be- 
ing added  to  that  in  the  Ohio  at  Point  Pleasant  during  the  24  hours  that 
the  latter  rose  12  feet  at  Catlettsburg,  the  result  of  a flood  in  the  Big 
Sandy,  from  Louisa  to  the  mouth.  The  Scioto  fiver  also  poured  out 


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strong,  causing  the  Ohio  to  swell  8 inches  per  hour  at  Portsmouth,  where 
its  stage,  on  January  31st,  was  30  feet. 

It  will  be  observed  that  at  all  of  the  points  named  above,  on  the  Ohio 
river,  the  rises  were  simultaneous,  being  due  to  local  streams  and  local 
causes  alone.  This  was  also  the  case  at  Cincinnati,  where  the  river  rose 
12J  feet  during  the  same  24  hours,  the  Little  Miami  river  and  smaller 
streams  on  its  north  side  and  the  Licking  river  and  smaller  streams 
on  its  south  side,  pouring  into  it  their  floods  of  water.  The  stage  of  the 
Licking,  at  Butler  Station,  was  21  \ feet,  and  while  its  flood  was  being 
emptied  into  the  Ohio,  the  water  was  prevented  from  passing  off  so 
rapidly  by  the  strong  cross-currents  at  points  below,  where  the  Great 
Miami  river  on  the  north  side,  and  the  Kentucky  river  on  the  south  side, 
formed  a barrier  to  its  swift  progress.  The  latter  river  was  rising  3 
inches  per  hour  at  Frankfort,  where  the  stage  of  water  reported  was  22 
feet,  and  all  streams  that  empty  into  the  Ohio  river  below  Carrollton 
were  also  rising. 

"With  a change  to  cold  weather  during  the  night,  the  month  of  January 
closed,  and  the  memorable  February  opened  with  the  mercury  30  de- 
grees lower  than  on  the  previous  day;  but,  notwithstanding  this,  the 
Ohio,  Licking,  and  Little  Miami  rivers  continued  to  rise.  The  Alle- 
ghany was  swelling  some,  but  the  river  was  falling  at  Pittsburg,  and 
all  of  the  upper  tributaries  had  ceased  to  rise  except  the  Scioto,  and  the 
Kentucky  river  was  falling  at  Frankfort.  The  Ohio  continued  to  rise 
from  Steubenville  to  Portsmouth,  the  rise  at  the  latter  place  being  6 
inches  per  hour,  and  the  stage  of  the  river  there  had  reached  43  feet. 
The  further  rise  at  Cincinnati  during  the  24  hours  ending  at  6 p.  m.  of 
February  1st  was  7 feet  10  inches,  and,  at  the  hour  named,  the  stage  of 
the  river  was  40  feet  5^  inches. 

During  the  next  two  days  no  rain  fell  in  the  Ohio  Valley,  and  the 
Licking  river  was  falling.  The  Ohio  was  falling,  on  February  3rd,  from 
Pittsburg  to  the  mouth  of  the  Big  Sandy,  and  the  decline  extended,  on 
the  4th,  to  Portsmouth,  where  the  stage  of  water  had,  on  the  previous 
day,  reached  47  feet.  But  the  river  continued  to  rise  steadily  and  rapidly 
at  Cincinnati,  having  entered  the  buildings  at  the  foot  of  Main  and  Wal- 
nut Streets,  on  the  morning  of  the  2nd,  and  those  at  the  fi.ot  of  Broad- 
way on  the  same  day,  the  river’s  upward  tendency  being  aided  by  the  ar- 
rival of  waters  from  upper  tributaries,  in  quick  succession,  until  it  reached 
49  feet  1 1 £ inches,  on  the  4th,  at  7 a.  m.,  when  it  declined  so  perceptibly  that 
at  2 p.  M.  the  surface  of  the  water  was  1 inch  lower;  but  between  2 and  3 
p.  m.  there  was  a heavy  fall  of  rain  that  carried  much  of  the  solidified  snow 


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into  the  river  and  local  tributaries,  and  a rise  again  set  in  that  did  not 
cease  until  noon  of  the  14th,  when  it  culminated  in  the  highest  stage  of 
water  at  the  mouth  of  the  Licking  river  that  had  ever  been  seen  at  that 
point  by  an  enlightened  people.  The  rainfall  of  the  4th  amounted  to 
1.35  inches,  and  the  temperature  had  risen  to  62  degrees.  A dense  fog 
hung  in  the  bottoms  at  3 p.  m. — so  dense  that  artificial  light  was  neces- 
sary in  all  buildings  south  of  Third  street.  Rain  was  falling  at  all 
points  above,  and  the  Licking  and  Little  Miami  rivers  were  again  rising, 
and  also  the  Monongahela.  At  midnight  the  stars  appeared,  but  the 
river  continued  to  rise  nearly  2 inches  per  hour,  and  before  daylight  all 
buildings  fronting  on  the  river,  between  the  Suspension  Bridge  and  Main 
street,  and  between  Ludlow  street  and  Broadway,  had  been  invaded  by 
the  water,  the  advance  being  due  to  local  causes. 

The  conditions  of  February  5th  were  such  that  a few  close  observers  of 
river  phenomena  believed  that  in  them  existed  the  germs  of  a flood 
greater  than  that  of  the  previous  February,  but  no  alarm  was  excited 
among  the  mass  of  the  people,  although  the  bottoms  of  Cincinnati  were 
covered  by  water,  and  Lawrenceburg  and  Aurora,  Ind.,  were  partially 
submerged.  The  temperature  at  Cincinnati  ranged  from  49  to  62  de- 
grees, and  the  rainfall  of  the  day  was  1.56  inches,  and  it  was  equally  as 
much  at  points  above  on  the  Ohio  river  and  along  its  tributaries.  The 
rainfall  of  the  first  five  days  of  February.  1884,  was  1.11  inches  more 
than  during  the  first  five  days  of  the  previous  February.  More  rain  had 
fallen  between  6:30  a.  m.  of  the  4th  and  2:30  p.  m.  of  the  5th,  than  fell  dur- 
ing the  entire  four  days  that  immediately  preceded  the  same  stage  of 
water  on  February  8th,  1883.  The  river  was  20  feet  and  \ inch  higher 
than  at  the  same  time  of  the  previous  year,  and  there  had  been  but  nine 
years  in  which  the  stage  of  the  water  exceeded  that  at  midnight  of  the  5th. 

The  LickiDg  river  was  rising  12  inches  per  hour  at  Cynthiana  and 
Boston  Station,  with  18  feet  of  water  at  the  latter  place;  the  Ohio  was 
again  rising  at  Portsmouth,  with  45  feet  10  inches  of  water;  there  had 
again  been  heavy  rains  up  the  Big  Sandy,  and  that  river  was  exhibiting 
the  effects;  the  New  river  had  swelled  to  6 feet  at  Hinton,  and  was  yet 
rising,  while  the  Kanawha  was  already  rising,  with  15  feet  of  water  at 
Charleston  and  23  feet  at  Raymond  City.  Rain  was  causing  the  Muskingum 
to  pour  out  again,  and  the  rise  of  the  Ohio  at  Marietta  was  at  the  rate  of  4 
inches  per  hour.  Rain  had  fallen  constantly  24  hours  at  Pittsburg,  and 
there  the  stage  of  the  river  was  18  feet  and  rising,  and  at  Wheeling  26 
feet  and  rising.  The  ice  poured  out  of  the  Youghiogheny  river  and  into 
the  Monongahela,  carrying  with  it  houses,  stables,  and  other  property. 


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The  stage  of  the  Monongahela  at  Greensboro  was  26J  feet,  and  at 
Brownsville  24J  feet,  and  it  was  rising  at  both  places,  with  rain  yet  fall- 
ing. The  Alleghany  had  risen  to  10  feet  at  Oil  City,  and  was  yet  rising, 
and  rain  falling.  The  Kentucky  river,  which,  when  it  pours  into  the 
Ohio,  prevents  the  water  of  the  latter  from  passing  off  freely,  and  is  thus 
a factor  in  producing  high  water  at  Cincinnati,  was  on  a stand  at  19  feet 
at  Frankfort,  but  a heavy  rain  was  falling. 

The  belief  indulged  by  the  few  on  the  5th,  as  to  the  possibility  of  a 
repetition  of  the  calamity  of  the  previous  year — a possibility  founded 
upon  the  foregoing  conditions — was  strengthened,  and  secured  many  ad- 
ditional adherents  on  the  6th,  when,  with  much  snow  yet  remaining  on 
the  ground,  the  mercury  ranged  from  45  to  58  degrees,  and  the  additional 
rain  and  snow  that  fell  at  Cincinnati  equaled  a rainfall  of  1.65  inches, 
one  inch  more  of  rain  having  fallen  in  the  64  hours  preceding  2:30 
p.  m.,  than  had  fallen  in  72  hours  immediately  preceding  the  same  stage 
of  water  in  the  previous  year,  which  was  59  feet  inches,  on  February 
11th.  It  is  proper  to  note  here,  that  at  Pittsburg  the  rainfall  on  the 
first  six  days  of  February,  1883,  was  1.53  inches,  while  that  on  the  first 
six  days  of  February,  1884,  amounted  to  1.96  inches.  At  6 p.  m.,  on  Feb- 
ruary 6th,  1883,  the  river  at  Cincinnati  was  30  feet  5 inches  lower  than  at 
the  same  hour  on  February  6th,  1884.  At  noon  of  February  6th,  1883 
and  1884,  the  stages  of  the  Ohio,  at  different  points,  and  some  of  its 
tributaries,  compared  as  follows: 


1883. 

1884. 

Points  of  Observation. 

Ft. 

In. 

Ft. 

In. 

Oil  City, 

10 

00 

13 

00 

Brownsville,  .... 

. 11 

04 

29 

00 

Pittsburg,  

10 

00 

32 

03 

Hinlon,  ..... 

. . .7 

05 

7 

05 

Charleston,  ..... 

14 

00 

18 

08 

Portsmouth,  .... 

. 35 

00 

48 

00 

Cincinnati,  ..... 

29 

05 

59 

00 

The  belief  that  there  was  an  approaching  calamity  was  further 
strengthened  by  telegraphic  reports  from  other  points,  which  indicated 
the  conditions  at  6 p.  m.  to  be  as  follows:  The  stage  of  the  Licking  river 
was  35  feet  and  rising  at  Cynthiana,  and  32  feet  and  rising  3 inches  per 
hour  at  Boston  Station,  and  rain  had  fallen  24  hours.  The  Little  Miami 
at  night  was  falling  3 inches  per  hour  at  Loveland,  but  had  only  com- 
menced to  decline  at  3 p.  m.  At  Portsmouth  the  stage  of  the  Ohio  was 
50  feet,  and  it  was  rising  3 inches  per  hour,  with  continued  rain.  The 


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rise  was  in  proportion  at  all  points  as  far  up  as  Marietta,  where  the  stage 
of  the  river  was  41  feet  2 inches  and  rising.  At  Charleston  the  Kanawha 
had  come  to  a stand  at  19  feet,  but  a steady  rain  was  in  progress.  At 
Zanesville  the  Muskingum  river  was  within  two  feet  of  the  highest  stage 
ever  known.  At  Wheeling  the  stage  of  the  Ohio  was  43  feet  and  rising, 
and  at  Pittsburg  there  had  been  35  hours  of  rain,  and  the  stage  of  the 
river  was  33  feet  3 inches  and  rising.  The  Monongahela  was  falling  at 
all  points,  with  28  feet  of  water  at  Brownsville  and  25  feet  at  Greens- 
boro, but  rain  was  reported  up  that  river.  The  Allegheny  was  falling  at 
Oil  City,  with  13  feet  of  water. 

The  levee  at  Lawrenceburg  had  given  way  at  1 o’clock  in  the  morn- 
ing; the  water  extended  above  Second  street  on  Sycamore  and  Broad- 
way in  Cincinnati;  it  was  two  feet  deep  at  the  corner  of  Third  and 
Wood  streets,  and  communication  with  the  suspension  bridge  was  cut  off 
except  by  boats.  These  were  the  conditions  and  considerations  that  in- 
duced active  gentlemen  to  circulate  a petition  asking  the  President  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  to  call  a meeting  of  that  body  that  measures  of 
relief  to  future  sufferers  might  be  devised. 

The  opinion  began  to  prevail  on  the  7th,  and  was  strengthened  as  the 
day  advanced,  that  all  of  the  prompt  measures  for  relief  that  had  been 
adopted  at  Cincinnati  were  not  justified  by  the  actual  situation.  The 
temperature  became  cooler,  the  mercury  ranging  from  40  to  43  degrees; 
and  although  the  aggregate  of  rainfall  since  the  river  began  to  rise  was 
5 inches,  the  light  sprinkle  of  rain  that  fell  on  the  7th  amounted  to  only 
twenty-three  hundredths  of  an  inch.  The  river  came  to  a stand  several 
times,  one  of  which  was  from  5 to  9 p.  m.,  when  its  stage  was  61  feet  9£ 
inches.  The  rain,  which  had  been  almost  constant  up  the  Licking  river 
for  five  days,  was  reduced  to  a mist,  and  both  the  Main  and  South  Lick- 
ing were  falling.  The  Little  Miami  had  fallen  5 feet  from  Morrow  down. 
The  Great  Miami  was  falling  at  Dayton,  and  while  the  Kentucky  river 
was  reported  rising  at  points  above  Frankfort,  it  was  on  a stand  at 
Frankfort.  At  Pittsburg  the  river  was  falling  nearly  3 inches  per  hour, 
after  having  reached  during  the  previous  night  the  stage  of  34  feet  8f 
inches  by  the  Monongahela  marks,  having  failed  by  3|  inches  to  reach 
the  high  water  mark  at  that  point  on  February  10,  1832. 

At  Steubenville  it  reached  its  maximum  at  3 p.  m.  on  the  7th,  49  feet, 
which  was  2 feet  higher  than  in  1832,  the  highest  previous  flood.  The 
Allegheny  was  falling  at  Oil  City,  with  11  feet  11  inches  of  water,  and 
the  Monongahela  was  falling  at  Brownsville,  with  23  feet  of  water,  at  the 
same  time  that  it  was  reported  rising  slowly  at  Greensboro,  with  20|  feet 


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163 


of  water,  a rise  that  never  was  afterward  observed  at  Pittsburg,  but 
served  to  unsettle  opinions  in  a measure. 

But  even  without  more  rain,  there  was  yet  a great  body  of  water  to 
come  from  above.  The  rise  was  not  yet  checked  from  Wheeling  down. 
At  Marietta  both  the  Ohio  and  Muskingum  were  rising.  At  Pomeroy 
the  Ohio  was  only  2 feet  below  the  mark  of  1883,  and  was  rising  inches 
per  hour.  The  New  river  was  falling  at  Hinton,  with  only  6 feet  of 
water,  but  the  Kanawha  and  Elk  rivers  were  rising  at  Charleston,  with 
20  feet  of  water,  and  light  rain  had  fallen  24  hours.  The  Big  Sandy  was 
also  rising.  At  Ironton,  at  8 p.  M , the  river  was  within  6 feet  of  the 
mark  of  1883,  and  was  rising  3 inches  per  hour.  The  Scioto  river  was 
falling  at  Columbus,  but  was  rising  at  Circleville,  and  besides  spreading 
over  the  adjacent  territory,  was  pouring  an  immense  volume  of  water 
into  the  Ohio  at  Portsmouth,  where  the  stage  of  the  latter  was  56  feet, 
and  it  was  rising  4 inches  per  hour,  the  rise  being  assisted  by  the  Big 
Sandy  and  Kanawha.  At  Maysville  the  water  was  yet  6J  feet  below  the 
high  water  mark  of  1883,  but  it  was  rising  2 inches  per  hour. 

At  Cincinnati  the  water  had  covered  Second  street  at  Vine,  Walnut 
and  Main  streets,  and  the  interest  in  the  condition  of  the  rivers  had  be- 
come so  universal  that  the  Superintendent  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
not  only  caused  half-hourly  bulletins  of  the  sta;e  of  the  river  at  Cincin- 
nati to  be  posted,  but  also  organized  a thorough  system  of  intelligence 
by  telegraph,  embracing  such  points  on  the  Ohio  and  other  rivers  as  would 
affect  the  stage  of  the  river  at  Cincinnati.  So  full  were  the  reports  thus 
obtained  that  at  no  time  during  the  flood  was  he  asked  to  secure  others. 
The  doors  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  were  thrown  open  to  the  public 
from  early  morning  till  midnight,  that  none  might  be  uninformed  of  the 
situation.  The  newspaper  offices  and  some  of  the  business  houses  of  Cin- 
cinnati also  displayed  bulletins. 

Although  there  was  no  rainfall  at  Cincinnati  on  the  8th,  the  condition 
was  reversed  up  the  Licking  river,  and  also  up  the  Ohio.  Snow  con- 
tinued to  di-appear  under  a temperature  of  46  to  53  degrees,  and  the 
river  continued  to  rise  more  than  a half  inch  per  hour,  affected  partly  by 
the  advance  of  previous  rises  from  the  Scioto  and  Big  Sandy  rivers. 
The  Allegheny  and  Monongahela  were  falling;  the  Ohio  was  falling  as 
far  down  as  Marietta,  and  the  Licking,  Little  Miami,  Great  Miami,  and 
Kentucky  rivers  were  falling,  and  thus  drawing  from  the  Ohio. 

The  Muskingum  river  had  reached  a point  at  Zanesville  14  inches 
higher  than  in  1860,  and  was  still  rising,  and  one  of  its  tributaries,  known 
as  the  Licking,  had  backed  up  till  one-fourth  of  the  city  of  Zanesville 


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was  under  water.  At  midnight  the  Muskingum  reached  its  maximum 
at  Coshocton,  being  8 inches  higher  there  than  ever  before  known. 
The  New  river  was  reported  rising  again,  with  7 feet  of  water  at 
Hinton.  The  Kanawha  and  Elk  rivers  were  rising  slowly  at  Charles- 
ton, and  small  tributaries  of  the  Kanawha  were  reported  running 
out.  At  Gallipolis  the  Ohio  was  2 inches  higher  than  in  1883,  but 
had  not  reached  the  high  water  mark  of  1832.  At  Huntington  it  was 
within  9 inches  of  the  high  water  of  1883,  and  was  rising  2 inches 
pe-r  hour.  At  Ironton  its  stage  was  58  feet  3 inches,  and  it  was  rising 

2 inches  per  hour,  the  whole  of  West  Ironton  being  covered  by 
water.  At  Portsmouth,  “60  feet  and  rising  fast,”  was  reported.  At 
Maysville  it  was  within  1 foot  of  1883,  having  risen  4 feet  in  24 
hours,  and  was  still  rising  2 inches  per  hour,  being  over  the  bank  at 
the  highest  point,  and  submerging  part  of  the  town.  At  Ripley  it 
lacked  14  inches  of  the  extreme  height  of  1883,  but  was  rising  1£ 
inches  per  hour. 

At  Cincinnati  the  Gas  Works  were  submerged  at  noon,  when  the  stage 
of  the  water  was  62  feet  6^  inches. 

On  the  9th  the  Allegheny  was  on  a stand  at  Oil  City,  at  8 feet  11 
inches,  and  the  stage  of  the  river  at  Pittsburg  was  21  feet  and  falling, 
with  considerable  rain,  but  the  temperature  was  becoming  colder.  . The 
river  was  falling  rapidly  at  Wheeling,  where  it  had  reached  a stage  15 
feet  higher  than  in  1883.  The  Muskingum  was  falling  at  Zanesville,  and 
had  reached  its  highest  stage  at  McConnellsville,  which  was  22  inches 
higher  than  in  1860,  when  it  was  higher  than  ever  before  known.  The 
Ohio  reached  its  maximum  at  Marietta  at  6 o’clock  in  the  morning,  being 

3 feet  2 inches  higher  than  in  1832,  and  at  5 p.  m.  it  was  falling  at  the  rate  of 

4 inches  per  hour.  The  highest  stage  reached  at  Parkersburg  was  53  feet 
3 inches,  on  the  same  day.  The  Licking  river  continued  to  fall,  with  11J 
feet  of  water  at  Boston  Station,  where  the  weather  was  cooler,  but  cloudy. 
The^e  conditions  were  favorable  to  an  early  decline  at  Cincinnati,  where 
the  rainfall  of  the  day  amounted  to  only  six-hundredths  of  an  inch  ; the 
wind  shifted  from  the  south-west  to  the  north-west,  and  the  mercury  fell 
from  57  to  30  degrees  during  the  day.  But  the  conditions  were  such  at 
points  on  the  Ohio  below  Marietta,  and  in  the  Kanawha  Valley,  that 
rendered  it  almost  certain  by  noon  that  all  previous  flood  visitations  at 
Cincinnati  were  to  be  eclipsed.  The  river  swelled  more  than  a half  inch 
per  hour  throughout  the  day.  At  9 a.  m.  it  reached  63  feet  7 inches,  the 
high  water  mark  of  December  17,  1847,  and  by  midnight  it  covered  64 
feet  3 inches,  the  high  water  mark  of  February  18,  1332,  The  Coving- 


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ton  Gas  Works  had  ceased  to  supply  light,  and  8,000  people  of  Newport 
were  homeless.  New  Richmond  was  all  under  water,  and  the  people  of 
California,  Ohio,  were  suffering  for  food.  At  Ripley,  yet  farther  up  the 
river,  the  water  reached  the  mark  of  1888  at  8 p.  m.,  and  at  9 p.  M.  it  was 
2J  inches  higher,  and  rising  1 inch  per  hour.  At  Mavsville  it  reached 
the  mark  of  1883  at  10  A.  m.,  and  at  3 p.  m.  was  within  3 inches  of  that 
of  1832.  The  conditions  above  there  were  yet  more  alarming.  The  New 
river  had  risen  to  10  feet  at  Hinton,  and  was  still  rising ; the  tempera- 
ture was  warm,  and  rain  was  falling.  The  Kanawha  was  rising  6 inches 
per  hour  at  Charleston,  with  26^-  feet  of  water  there,  with  light  showers 
of  rain,  and  the  Elk  river  was  rising  slowly.  At  Gallipolis  the  Ohio 
river  was  5 feet  higher  at  8 p.  M.  than  in  1883,  and  3£  feet  higher  than  in 
1832,  and  it  continued  to  rise  1 inch  per  hour.  At  Huntington  the  rate 
of  the  rise  was  the  same,  and  it  was  22  inches  higher  than  in  1883.  At 
Catlettsburg,  at  3 p.  m.,  it  was  18  inches  higher  than  in  1883,  the  rise 
being  equally  as  rapid  as  at  the  points  above,  and  there  had  been  several 
hours  of  rain,  which  would  affect  the  Big  Sandy. 

Both  the  Alleghany  and  Monongahela  rivers  continued  to  decline  on 
the  10th,  and  at  Pittsburg  the  weather  was  cold,  and  the  snow  had  all 
disappeared.  But  at  Wheeling  a heavy  rain  set  in  at  10  p.  m.  The  New 
river  was  swelling  again,  and  the  Kanawha  was  yet  rising  2 inches  per 
hour  at  Charleston,  with  27^-  feet  of  water.  Point  Pleasant  was  entirely 
inundated,  there  being  4 feet  of  water  in  parts  of  the  town  that  had 
escaped  the  flood  of  1883,  and  the  backwater  from  the  Ohio  extended  up 
the  Kanawha  50  miles,  inundating  all  farms,  houses,  and  villages  in  the 
valley,  and  entirely  wrecking  the  track  of  the  Ohio  Central  Railroad. 
The  width  of  the  Kanawha  varied  from  3 to  5 miles.  At  Gallipolis  the 
Ohio  was  6 feet  11  inches  higher  than  in  1883,  and  5 feet  higher  than  in 
1832,  and  was  still  rising  1 inch  per  hour.  At  Catlettsburg,  which  is  lo- 
cated at  the  mouth  of  the  Big  Sandy  river,  rain  was  reported  coming  down 
in  torrents,  at  5 p.  m.,  and  the  Ohio  was  3 feet  higher  than  in  1883,  the 
water  extending  back  6 squares  from  the  river,  submerging  all  houses  to 
the  hillside.  The  water  at  Portsmouth  was  5 feet  higher  than  in  1883, 
the  Scioto,  at  Waverly,  having  reached  a point  4 feet  higher  than  ever 
before  known.  At  Ripley  the  water  was  yet  rising  a half  inch  per  hour, 
and  was  22  inches  higher  that  in  1883,  and  11  inches  higher  than  in  1832. 
A light  rain  prevailed  up  the  Licking  river,  but  that  stream  continued  to 
decline  at  Falmouth. 

Although  the  wind  continued  to  come  from  the  north-east,  the  mer- 
cury rose  from  36  to  43  degrees  at  Cincinnati,  culminating  in  fourteen- 


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hundredths  of  an  inch  of  rainfall  during  the  evening.  The  water  con- 
tinued to  rise  at  the  same  rate  as  during  the  previous  day.  At  Aurora, 
Ind.,  the  water  was  yet  3 feet  lower  than  in  1883.  At  New  Albany, 
Ind.,  rain  was  reported,  and  the  river  was  still  rising,  having  reached  the 
highest  stage  of  1847,  and  being  within  11  inches  of  that  of  1832,  and 
within  3 feet  11  inches  of  that  of  1883.  The  Wabash  was  rising,  the 
Cumberland  was  again  rising,  with  more  than  40  feet  of  water  at  Nash- 
ville, and  4 inches  of  rainfall  in  the  mountains  of  East  Tennessee  had 
caused  the  Tennessee  river  to  rise  13  feet  8 inches  in  48  hours,  at  Chat- 
tanooga, where  its  stage  was  35  feet  1 inch. 

At  12:45  p.  m.  of  the  11th,  the  stage  of  the  water  at  Cincinnati  was  66 
feet  4 inches,  which  was  the  maximum  reached  by  the  flood,  at  4 a.  m.,  on 
February  15th,  1883.  During  the  day  the  mercury  ranged  from  44  to  51 
degrees,  and  the  rainfall  was  fifty-nine  hundredths  of  an  inch.  The  rain 
and  snow  of  the  12  days,  during  which  the  river  had  been  rising,  had 
equaled  a rainfall  of  5.77  inches,  and  there  was  yet  much  snow  in  the 
streets  and  alleys  of  the  city,  and  on  the  ground  elsewhere,  which  ren- 
dered it  plain  that  no  limit  could  be  fixed  to  either  the  extent  or  duration 
of  the  existing  flood. 

At  Oil  City  the  stage  of  the  Alleghany  was  8 feet,  and  falling,  with 
light  rain  reported.  Rain  was  falling  along  the  Monongahe.la,  and  that 
stream  was  rising  its  entire  length,  with  11  feet  of  water  at  Morgantown, 
20  feet  at  Greensboro,  and  14  feet  8 inches  at  Brownsville.  Rain  had 
fallen  24  hours  at  Pittsburg,  and  checked  the  decline  of  the  river,  the 
stage  of  which,  at  that  point,  was  17  feet.  The  Ohio  was  falling  at 
Steubenville,  but  rain  fell  all  day.  The  Ohio  was  also  falling  at  Marietta, 
where  24  hours  of  rain  had  been  experienced.  At  Hinton  the  rise  of  the 
New  river  had  amounted  to  8 inches,  and  it  had  come  to  a stand  at  8 feet 
8 inches.  The  Kanawha  was  rising,  with  15  feet  of  water  at  the  falls, 
and  29  feet  at  Charleston,  and  the  Elk  river  was  very  high,  and  rising 
slowly,  all  the  result  of  local  rains.  At  Gallipolis,  the  Ohio  was  rising  a 
half  inch  per  hour,  and  the  water  was  7 feet  8 inches  above  the  mark  of 
1883.  At  Ashland  the  river  was  6 feet  higher  than  ever  before  known. 
The  Scioto  river  was  again  rising  at  Waverly,  and  at  Portsmouth  the 
water  was  three  feet  11  inches  above  the  highest  mark  of  1883,  and  was 
rising  a half  inch  per  hour.  At  Maysville  it  was  30  inches  above  the 
mark  of  1832,  and  44  inches  above  that  of  1883.  At  Ripley,  it  was  2 feet 
7 inches  above  1883,  and  rising  a half  inch  per  hour.  At  New  Richmond 
it  was  26  inches  higher  than  in  1883.  Between  Ripley  and  Cincinnati  all 
houses,  on  both  flanks  of  the  river,  that  remained  in  their  places,  were 


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invaded  or  entirely  covered  by  water,  and  soma  towns  were  nearly 
washed  out  of  existence.  The  Ohio  backwater  extended  up  the  Little 
Miami  to  Milford,  and  the  Little  Miami  was  also  rising. 

Rain  fell  24  hours  up  the  Licking  river.  The  Main  Licking  rose  G feet 
3 inches  at  Park’s  Ferry,  and  all  small  streams  were  running  out.  It 
rose  5 feet  9 inches  at  Butler,  and  its  stage  was  13  feet  at  Boston  Station, 
a rise  of  4 J feet,  and  rising  2 inches  per  hour.  The  South  Licking  was 
also  rising  rapidly.  The  Licking  river  was  on  Thirteenth  and  Richie 
streets,  in  Newport,  and  Third  street,  west  of  Madison,  and  many  yards 
of  Fourth  street,  were  covered.  The  pumping  engines,  that  supplied  that 
city  with  water,  were  stopped  in  the  afternoon. 

The  Kentucky  river  had  risen  3J  feet,  at  Frankfort,  within  2 days,  the 
result  of  heavy  rains.  The  stage  of  the  Ohio,  at  New  Albany,  was  68 
feet  8 inches;  in  1832  it  was  69  feet,  and  in  1883  it  was  72  feet.  The 
Tennessee  river  swelled  21  inches  more  at  Chattanooga,  and  the  Cum- 
berland rose  14  inches  more  at  Nashville,  with  42  feet  7 inches  of  water. 

On  the  12th  the  range  of  the  mercury  at  Cincinnati  was  from  48  to 
66  degrees;  a light  rain  fell  in  the  afternoon,  the  snow  continued  to  melt 
in  the  streets  and  alleys,  and  some  of  the  tributaries  continued  to  rise. 
A windstorm  from  the  south  at  midnight  rocked  from  their  foundations, 
in  the  vicinity,  many  houses  in  the  water  that  had  withstood  the  force 
and  buoyancy  of  the  current.  Dayton  and  Bellevue,  Kentucky,  were 
invaded,  and  the  greater  part  of  the  north-west  portion  of  Covington 
was  covered,  the  water  from  Willow  run  being  a foot  deep  on  the  Lex- 
ington pike,  and  a foot  deep  also  on  the  Independence  pike,  one  mile 
from  Latonia  Springs.  There  were  13,000  applicants  for  relief  in  New- 
port, half  of  the  city  being  under  water.  At  Boston  Station,  where  the 
stage  of  the  Licking  was  \1\  feet,  it  began  to  fall  at  noon,  and  had  fallen 
2 feet  by  evening,  but  was  still  rising  2 inches  per  hour  at  Butler  Sta- 
tion. The  condition  of  the  Little  Miami  river  caused  the  Ohio  to  be 
relatively  6 inches  higher  at  New  Richmond  than  at  Cincinnati.  At 
Ripley  it  was  rising  a quarter  inch  per  hour,  and  was  5 feet  4 inches 
higher  than  in  1883.  The  rise  at  Maysville  was  less  than  a half  inch  per 
hour,  and  it  was  5 feet  higher  than  in  1883,  and  4 feet  higher  than  in 
1832.  At  Portsmouth  it  was  reported  nearly  on  a stand,  at  65  feet  11 
inches.  At  Ashland  it  was  5 feet  higher  than  in  1883.  At  Ironton  it 
was  7 feet  higher  than  in  1883,  and  two-thirds  of  the  territory  occupied 
by  the  town  was  under  water.  The  New,  Kanawha,  and  Elk  rivers  were 
falling,  after  the  Kanawha  had  reached  28  feet  3 inches  at  Charleston,  but 
the  Guyandotte  river,  which  empties  into  the  Ohio  lower  down,  was  ris- 


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ins:  after  a night  of  rain,  and  the  Ohio  was  reported  rising  one  inch  per 
hour  at  Huntington,  where  its  stage  was  5 feet  higher  than  in  1883.  This 
rise  was  not  observed  ten  miles  below,  where  much  of  it  was  backed  up 
the  falling  Big  Sandy,  and  the  Ohio  was  falling  at  Catlettsburg,  where, 
on  the  corresponding  day  of  the  previous  year,  the  highest  water  was  6J 
feet  lower  than  the  maximum  of  1884.  The  Monongahela  was  falling  at 
Morgantown,  with  14  feet  of  water,  and  was  on  a stand  at  Brownsville, 
at  22  feet.  The  river  was  falling  at  Pittsburg  at  midnight,  with  19 
feet  3 inches  of  water.  At  Pomeroy  it  was  falling,  after  having  been  7 
feet  higher  than  in  1883,  and  creating  10,000  needy  people  in  what  is 
known  as  Pomeroy  Bend,  comprising  19  towns.  At  Frankort  the  Ken" 
tucky  river  was  falling,  with  28  feet  of  water.  Jeffersonville,  Indiana, 
was  all  under  water,  except  a strip  one  square  in  width  along  Front 
street.  The  White  and  Wabash  rivers  were  rising  rapidly,  but  the  Cum- 
berland had  come  to  a stand,  and  the  Tennessee  was  falling. 

If  the  almost  hourly  varying  conditions  had  heretofore  rendered  the 
future  of  the  flood  in  some  degree  uncertain  at  times,  there  appeared 
natural  causes  on  the  1 3th  which  gave  assurance  that  its  climax  was 
near.  At  Portsmouth  the  water  had  declined  6 inches  from  the  highest 
point  which  it  had  reached  at  3 p.  m.  of  the  previous  day,  67  feet  5 inches. 
The  light  rain  that  fell  there  was  not  regarded  as  likely  to  otherwise  affect 
its  course.  The  New,  Kanawha,  and  Flk  rivers  were  falling,  and  the  Ohio 
was  falling  from  Parkersburg  down,  except  at  Huntington,  where  it  was  on 
a stand,  7 feet  higher  than  in  1883.  The  Guyandotte  continued  to  rise 
some,  but  the  Big  Sandy  river  continued  to  decline,  and  the  effect  of  one 
was  neutralized  by  the  other.  At  Boston  Station  the  Licking  river  had 
come  to  a stand,  at  17  feet,  and  it  was  raining,  and  rain  was  falling  along 
the  Kentucky  river,  the  upper  end  of  which  was  on  a stand,  while  it  was 
falling  at  Frankfort. 

These  conditions  all  favored  an  early  check  to  the  rise  here,  but  they 
were  supplemented  by  another,  that  was  destined  to  exert  more  force 
in  that  direction  than  all  combined,  and  to  overcome  the  effect  of  unfa- 
vorable conditions  yet  to  be  named.  During  the  day  there  was  a rain- 
fall of  1.18  inches  at  Cincinnati,  but  the  mercury  fell  from  55  to  42  de- 
grees, the  forerunner  of  a cold  wave  that  was  coming  from  the  north- 
west. After  a knowledge  of  this  fact,  no  alarm  was  excited  by  the  in- 
telligence that  the  Alleghany  was  again  rising  at  Oil  City,  where  a driz- 
zling rain  was  falling,  and  that  the  Ohio  was  rising  at  Wheeling.  The 
stage  of  the  river  at  Ripley,  where  a light  rain  was  falling,  was  71  feet 
9 inches,  which  was  2J  feet  higher  than  in  1883. 


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The  Great  Miami  was  rushing  through  Lawrenceburg  destructively. 
At  Madison  the  river  was  higher  than  had  ever  been  known,  and  at 
Louisville  it  was  within  6 inches  of  any  former  height.  At  New  Albany 
it  was  within  5 inches  of  1883.  The  White  and  Wabash  rivers  were 
still  rising,  the  Cumberland  was  rising  again,  and  the  Tennessee  was 
falling. 

The  temperature  grew  colder  and  colder  at  Cincinnati,  the  highest  on 
the  14th  being  28  degrees,  which  lowered  during  the  day  to  20  degrees, 
and  the  great  flood  of  1884  reached  its  maximum  at  noon.  The  bulletins 
were  eagerly  watched  by  hundreds,  whose  hearts  throbbed  alternately 
with  hope  and  fear,  while  the  water  lingered  at  71  feet  and  f of  an  inch 
for  the  next  90  minutes,  at  the  end  of  which  time  the  announcement  that 
it  had  declined  one-quarter  of  an  inch  was  received  with  emphatic 
demonstrations  of  joy,  that  were  participated  in  to  some  extent  by  a 
whole  nation  of  people,  who  had  assisted  to  feed,  clothe,  and  shelter  fully 
100,000  of  their  fellow-countrymen.  Five  hours  the  water  again  lingered 
at  one  stage,  while  a fierce  contest  was  raging  between  cold  weather  on 
one  side  and  constantly  arriving  floods  from  upper  tributaries  on  the 
other,  and  then  a steady  decline  set  in  at  the  rate  of  one-quarter  of  an 
inch  per  hour,  which  satisfied  waiting  millions  that  the  flood  was  actually 
abating,  and  that  the  water  was  seeking  its  natural  bed,  after  having  been 
recorded  as  the  highest  ever  known  of  the  Ohio  river — a record  that 
millions  of  people  hope  may  never  be  made  again. 

While  the  water  was  on  a stand  at  its  highest  stage  the  authorities 
of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  had  agents  employed  to  indicate  high  water 
marks  at  various  convenient  points  of  observation  near  the  Public  Land- 
ing, that  were  reached  by  the  use  of  skiffs,  where  permanent  marks  were 
afterward  established,  in  some  places  being  located  immediately  above  the 
permanent  high  water  marks  of  previous  floods.  By  these  it  was  ascer- 
tained that  the  height  of  the  flood  above  that  of  February  15,  1883,  was  4 
feet  8|  inches;  above  that  of  February  18,  1832,  6 feet  9f  inches ; and  above 
that  of  1847,  7 feet  5|  inches.  The  snow  and  rain  which  directly  produced 
this  greatest  of  floods,  when  reduced  to  rainfall,  amounted  to  7.03  inches, 
of  which  6.82  inches  fell  in  February  before  the  14th.  The  total  rainfall 
during  the  remainder  of  the  month  of  February  was  2.05  inches,  in- 
cluding a level  of  ten  inches  of  melted  snow  that  fell  on  the  19th. 

With  the  mercury  between  19  and  20  degrees,  the  receding  water  left 
a fringe  of  ice,  by  which  the  limit  of  the  flood  was  easily  traced  at  all 
points,  where  this  sudden  cold  temperature  had  checked  its  upward  progress 
at  Cincinnati  and  in  the  vicinity.  Not  a street  in  Pendleton  was  free  from 


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water,  and  the  line  extended  up  the  Deercreek  valley  to  the  foot  of  the 
Highland  House  Inclined  Plane.  Up  the  Millcreek  valley  it  had  spread 
eastwardly  until  Lincoln  Park  was  entirely  covered,  and  reached  Baymil- 
ler  street  on  Clark.  It  was  4 feet  deep  on  the  Colerain  pike  at  Hameltown. 
The  fringe  of  ice  was  left  north  of  Pearl  street  at  Race,  Vine,  Walnut, 
Main,  and  Sycamore  streets,  and  the  first  floors  of  buildings  at  the  north 
side  of  Lower  Market  were  covered  with  water  to  Broadway.  The  water 
from  the  Ohio  river,  on  the  south,  and  from  the  Millcreek  bottoms,  on  the 
west,  met  and  commingled  at  the  south-west  corner  of  Fourth  and  Mill 
streets.  It  extended  above  Longworth  street  on  Hoadly,  and,  from  the 
west,  on  Sixth  street,  it  covered  some  of  the  railroad  tracks  that  lead  out  of 
the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  & Dayton  Railroad  Passenger  Depot.  On  Eighth 
street  the  water  extended  eastwardly  to  Harriet.  The  usual  avenues  of 
promenade,  traffic,  and  trade,  south  of  Third  street  and  west  of  a diagonal 
line  from  Third  and  Rose  and  extending  north-westwardly  past  Clark  and 
Bay  miller  streets,  were  navigated  by  small  boats,  of  which  thousands  had 
come  into  existence  as  if  by  magic.  The  Millcreek  bottom  was  a great  bay 
of  water,  so  deep  that  the  largest  steamboat  that  navigates  the  Ohio  river 
could  have  passed  over  Eighth  street;  and,  had  there  been  no  telegraph 
wires  and  other  artificial  obstructions,  the  valley  could  have  been  navi- 
gable to  Cumminsville  by  Ohio  river  vessels  of  any  class.  The  Licking 
and  Ohio  rivers  met  in  Newport  at  the  corner  of  Columbia  and  Madison 
streets;  half  of  the  city  of  Newport  was  under  water,  and  part  of  the 
Newport  and  Covington  Suspension  Bridge,  that  spans  the  Licking  river, 
was  covered  by  water  several  feet  deep. 

The  Ohio  backed  up  the  Great  Miami  to  Miamitown,  and  at  Madison 
was  2 feet  higher  than  in  1883,  and  still  rising.  At  Louisville  the  stage 
of  the  water  in  the  canal  was  46  feet,  and  it  was  rising  1 inch  per  hour. 
At  New  Albany  it  was  14  inches  above  the  mark  of  1883,  and  rising 
three-quarters  of  an  inch  per  hour.  Influenced  by  rain  and  snow  the 
Kentucky  river  rose  three  feet  at  Frankfort,  with  20  feet  of  water  to  af- 
fect the  river  below. 

When  the  river  began  to  fall  at  Cincinnati,  it  had  fallen  10  feet  at 
Pomeroy,  6 feet  at  Gallipolis,  2 feet  at  Huntington,  and  16  inches  at 
Portsmouth,  where  a prevailing  heavy  rain  had  checked  the  decline,  and 
the  Scioto  had  risen  several  feet  at  points  above.  The  Ohio  had  also 
fallen  2 feet  at  Maysville,  and  was  still  falling  1 inch  per  hour,  but  it  con- 
tinued to  swell  1 inch  per  hour  at  Ripley,  where  it  reached  a stage,  the 
next  day  (15th),  at  3 p.m.,  5 feet  4 inches  higher  than  in  1883,  damaging 


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the  town  doubly  as  much  as  in  that  year,'  more  than  two-thirds  of  it  be- 
ing under  water. 

Notwithstanding  the  cold  weather  prevailing  up  those  streams,  the 
Alleghany  and  Monongahela  rivers  were  both  rising  on  the  14th,  with 
13  feet  5 inches  at  Oil  City,  18  feet  9 inches  at  Greensboro,  and  14  feet  11 
inches  at  Brownsville.  The  stage  of  the  river  at  Pittsburg,  at  11  o’clock 
that  night,  was  19J  feet,  and  rising,  and  at  Wheeling,  at  6 p.  m.,  29^  feet, 
and  rising.  The  New  river  was  on  a stand,  \^ith  6 feet  of  water  at  Hin- 
ton, but  the  Kanawha  was  rising  slowly  at  Charleston,  with  19  feet  7 
inches  of  water.  All  of  the  water,  in  addition  to  the  rise  in  the  Scioto, 
coming,  as  it  did,  in  installments,  failed  to  check  the  decline  of  the  river 
at  Cincinnati,  where,  on  the  15th,  with  the  temperature  ranging  from  19 
to  34  degrees,  and  no  rain,  the  river  continued  to  fall  steadily;  and  it 
had  fallen  2 feet  at  Maysville,  3 feet  at  Portsmouth,  4 feet  at  Greenup 
(where  but  5 houses  had  been  out  of  water  in  a radius  of  4 miles),  6 fett 
at  Ashland,  and  10  feet  at  Gallipolis.  The  Kanawha  and  New  rivers 
were  again  falling.  Wheeling  was  the  only  point  where  the  upper 
Ohio  was  rising,  its  stage  there  being  31 1 feet.  At  Pittsburg  it  was  on 
a stand,  with  21  feet  of  water.  The  weather  was  cold  up  the  Alleghany 
and  Monongahela,  and  both  rivers  were  falling,  with  12  feet  of  water 
at  Oil  City,  19  feet  3 inches  at  Greensboro,  and  16  feet  11  inches  at 
Brownsville. 

At  2:30  a.  m.  of  the  15th,  the  Ohio  commenced  to  decline  at  Lawrence- 
burg,  where  but  20  square  feet  of  ground  had  been  left  uncovered,  and 
by  evening  it  had  fallen  1 foot  at  Aurora.  At  Lawrenceburg  the  water 
was  3 feet  4 inches  higher  than  in  1883,  while,  at  Cincinnati,  it  was  4 
feet  8f  inches  higher.  At  Madison  the  river  came  to  a stand  at  daylight 
of  the  15th. 

The  mercury  ranged  between  31  and  45  degrees  at  Cincinnati  on  the 
16th,  and  there  were  indications  of  rain  from  the  south-west.  The  river’s 
decline  was  unchecked  at  all  points  above,  and  all  of  its  upper  tributaries 
were  falling.  It  had  come  to  a stand  at  Louisville  at  9;30  the  previous 
night,  when  its  stage  by  the  canal  marks  was  46  feet  7 inches,  which  was 
2 feet  5 inches  higher  than  in  1883.  At  noon  of  the  16th  it  began  to 
fall.  At  Sand  Island  and  Portland  the  water  was  26  feet  deeper  than  in 
the  canal.  At  New  Albany  it  reached  73  feet  11  inches  at  1 a.  m.,  when 
it  was  23  inches  higher  than  in  1883;  began  to  decline  at  noon,  and  by 
night  had  fallen  4 inches.  The  highest  stage  reached  at  Shippingport  was 
72  feet  2 inches. 

There  was  a general  rain  on  the  17th,  of  which  fifty-one  hundredths  of 


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an  inch  fell  at  Cincinnati,  and  the  mercury  ranged  from  44  to  51  degrees. 
Rain  fell  four  hours  up  the  Licking  river,  but  that  stream  continued  to 
decline  slowly  at  Butler  Station.  At  6:30  p.  m.  the  Ohio  had  declined  to  65 
feet  5|  inches,  and  the  Shields  engine. at  the  Water  Works  resumed 
pumping,  and  railroad  trains  commenced  to  depart  from  their  own 
depots.  The  river  reached  the  mark  of  1883  at  Louisville  at  4 a,  m., 
when  its  stage  was  47  feet  9^  inches.  The  Wabash  was  rising,  and  the 
Tennessee  river  flood  had  reached  the  Ohio. 

On  the  18th  the  Alleghany  river  was  still  falling,  but  the  Mononga- 
hela,  New,  and  Kanawha  rivers  were  again  rising,  with  7 feet  of  water 
at  Morgantown,  18  feet  at  Greensboro,  12  feet  7 inches  at  Brownsville,  10 
feet  at  Hinton,  and  20  feet  at  Charleston. 

On  the  19th  the  Upper  Ohio  was  falling  at  all  points  except  Wheeling, 
and  all  upper  tributaries  were  falling.  The  weather  and  the  river 
were  both  variable  at  Cincinnati.  Bright  sunshine  was  succeeded  by 
twelve,  hundredths  of  an  inch  of  rain,  followed  by  10  inches  of  sleet  and 
snow,  the  latter  accompanied  by  a gale  from  the  north-east  that,  when  it 
reached  the  Lower  Ohio,  damaged  as  much  property  as  did  the  flood,  and 
caus.  d much  lois  of  life.  The  mercury  lei l from  62  to  38  degrees.  In- 
fluenced by  these  conditions,  and  the  arrival  of  water  from  upper  tributa- 
ries, the  decline  of  the  river  was  checked  at  Cincinnati  at  8 P.  M.,  and  it 
rose  one-quarter  ot  an  inch  during  the  next  hour,  at  which  stage  it 
lingered  another  hour;  but  from  10  to  11  p.  m.  it  fell  a half  inch,  and  the 
cold  weather  caused  it  to  fall  steadily  thereafter.  It  had  fallen  more  than 
4 inches  during  36  hours  at  Maysville.  It  reached  its  highest  point  at 
Evansville  at  10  a.  m.,  the  same  hour  that  it  reached  its  highest  point  on 
the  same  day  of  the  month  in  1883;  but  in  1884  its  stage  was  48  feet  and 
| of  an  inch,  which  was  inches  higher  than  in  1883.  The  rise  at  Ev- 
ansville was  60  per  cent  of  the  rise  at  Cincinnati  in  1884,  against  72  per 
cent  in  1883.  At  Henderson  the  rise  reached  its  maximum,  46  feet  9 
inches  at  8 a.  m.  of  the  19th,  when  it  was  5 inches  above  the  flood  mark 
of  the  previous  year,  and  the  gas  works  were  submerged. 

The  next  day  the  Ohio  was  falling  at  all  points,  except  Marietta  and 
Cairo,  the  mercury  ranged  from  25  to  36  degrees  at  Cincinnati,  and  the 
sky  was  clear. 

At  noon,  on  the  anniversary  of  the  birth  of  Washington;  when  the 
stage  of  the  river  at  Cincinnati  was  50  feet,  the  head-quarters  of  the  Relief 
Committee  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Common  Council  of  Cin- 
cinnati were  closed.  The  temperature  of  the  day  rose  from  37  to  46  de- 
grees, and  then  fell  to  37  again.  The  rainfall  was  sixteen  hundredths  of 


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173 


an  inch.  After  sixteen  days  Newport  was  again  out  of  water,  but  the 
water  did  not  leave  all  buildings  in  Cincinnati  until  noon  on  the  next 
day,  when  it  had  come  to  a stand  at  Paducah,  at  54  feet  2 inches,  and 
began  to  fall  the  same  evening,  and  had  ceased  to  rise  below  there;  when 
all  tributaries  of  the  Ohio  were  falling,  and  the  Ohio  itself  was  falling  its 
entire  length  to  Cairo,  where  it  came  to  a stand  at  51  feet  10  inches. 

During  the  previous  sixteen  days  State  boundary  lines  were  so  far 
obliterated  that  Ohio  towns  were  sometimes  nearest  the  West  Virginia  or 
Kentucky  shore,  and  some  Kentucky  and  West  Virginia  towns  seemed 
to  have  passed  within  the  territorial  boundary  of  Ohio.  There  were  yet 
other  towns  whose  locality  could  only  be  determined  by  two  or  three 
houses  that  remained,  all  others  having  been  washed  away.  In  some 
places  water  extended  over  low  lands  40  miles  from  the  bed  of  the  river. 

The  flood  of  1832  was  the  highest  ever  known  at  Pittsburg,  according 
to  the  best  data  attainable,  and  was  higher  than  that  of  1883  from  Pitts- 
burg to  and  including  Ripley,  414  miles  below  Pittsburg,  and  45  miles 
above  Cincinnati.  The  flood  of  1884,  while  it  did  not  equal  that  of  1832 
at  Pittsburg,  exceeded  all  floods  below  Pittsburg  to  Cairo,  and  laid  the 
foundation  for  the  flood  in  the  Mississippi  river  that  covered  the  territory 
on  either  side  for  forty  miles,  and  resulted  in  the  highest  water  at  New 
Orleans  since  1874. 


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178 


Feb. 11- 


Feb.  12- 


STAGES  OF  WATER. 


1883 

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179 


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ft.  in. 

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Feb.13- 

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Flood  height  of  1884. 


f Flood  height  of  1883 


180 


Feb. 15- 


Feb.16- 


STAGES  OF  WATER. 


1883  1884 


ft. 

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THE  FLOODS 


181 


1883 

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Feb. 17- 

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1858,  and  also  in  1832  and  1847 : 


Year. 

Date. 

Feet. 

Inches. 

1832  .... 

February  18 

. 64 

3 

1847  . 

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63 

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June  16 

. 43 

10 

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February  22  . 

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1860  .... 

April  16  ... 

. 49 

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5 

1862  .... 

January  24  . 

. 57 

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1863  • • • • 

March  12  .... 

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1864  .... 

December  23 

. 45 

1 

1865  . . . . 

March  7 .... 

56 

3 

1866  .... 

September  26 

. 42 

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1867 

March  14  .... 

55 

8 

1868  .... 

March  30  ... 

. 48 

3 

1869  • 

April  2 

48 

9 

1870  .... 

January  19  .... 

. 55 

3 

1871  ' . . . 

May  13 

40 

6 

1872  .... 

April  13  ... 

. 41 

9 

1873  . . . . 

December  18  . 

44 

5 

1874  .... 

January  11 . 

. 47 

11 

1875  • 

August  6 

55 

5 

1876  .... 

January  29  ... 

. 51 

9 

1877  . 

January  20  ... 

53 

9 

1878  .... 

December  15 

. 41 

5 

1879  • 

December  27 

42 

9 

1880  .... 

February  17 

. 53 

2 

1881 

February  16  . 

50 

7 

1882  .... 

February  21 

. 58 

7 

1883  • 

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66 

4 

1884  • 

February  14, 12  m.  . 

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ox 

The  Flood  in  its  Relation  to  Busi- 
ness. 


Cincinnati,  June  VSth,  1884. 

H.  C.  URNER,  ESQ., 

Chairman  Relief  Committee : 

Dear  Sir: — In  compliance  with  your  request,  I submit  a brief  state- 
ment of  the  commercial  features  and  bearings  of  the  flood  of  February, 
1884.  Perhaps  the  most  notable  thing  connected  with  this  extraordinary 
visitation  of  the  elements  was  the  manner  in  which  it  was  regarded  by 
the  commercial  classes,  which  was  entirely  different  from  that  of  the  pre- 
ceding year.  In  the  flood  of  1883,  the  spirits  of  all  were  greatly  de- 
pressed. With  houses  invaded  and  business  suspended,  dealers  and  pro- 
ducers alike  were  gloomy,  and  disposed  to  look  upon  the  darkest  side  of 
the  picture.  Every  thing  appeared  to  be  calamitous.  There  seemed 
no  sunlight  to  break  through  the  clouds  which  settled  down  upon 
the  business  mind.  In  the  late  flood,  the  situation  was  completely 
changed.  Profiting  by  their  previous  experience,  and  admonished  by 
the  combination  of  circumstances  favorable  to  high  waters,  the  holders 
of  merchandise  at  exposed  points  took  early  precaution  to  remove  their 
goods  to  the  upper  stories  of  their  buildings,  or  other  places  of  safety,  so 
that,  by  the  time  the  water  passed  Front  Street  in  its  march  of  invasion, 
which  occurred  on  the  6th  of  the  month,  it  found  only  deserted  stores. 
Manufacturers  in  the  district  liable  to  inundation  generally  shut  down 
on  the  preceding  day.  Both  merchants  and  manufacturers  had  taken 
precaution  to  arrange  for  business  head-quarters  beforehand,  so  that, 
while  the  exchange  of  commodities  was  practically  suspended,  they  were 
by  no  means  in  such  a helpless  condition  as  during  the  previous  flood. 
Of  course,  it  amounted  to  a practical  suspension  of  business  from  the  5th 
to  the  22nd  of  the  month,  and,  so  far,  it  was  serious  enough;  but  there 
was  a general  disposition  to  regard  the  matter  philosophically,  and  there 
was  little  gloom.  A book  was  provided  at  the  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
in  which  merchants  and  manufacturers  who  had  temporarily  changed 
their  places  of  business  were  registered,  so  that  there  was  little  confusion. 
All  this  was  done  early,  so  that,  by  the  time  the  flood  arrived,  the  busi- 
(184) 


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185 


ness  machinery  was  so  adjusted  as  to  be  prepared  for  the  emergency. 
Preparations  were  so  complete  that  in  many  instances  persons  actually 
awaited  the  coming  of  the  waters,  hoping  all  their  labor  might  be  found 
useless,  yet  without  fears  of  serious  damage  should  their  worst  appre- 
hensions be  realized.  This  certainly  is  a very  important  feature  of  the 
business  situation,  inasmuch  as  it  is  a conclusive  answer  to  the  fears  con- 
cerning permanent  damage  to  the  business  spirit  of  the  city.  The  most 
serious  commercial  aspect  was  that  pertaining  to  transportation ; for, 
after  passing  55  feet,  the  business  of  the  railroads  and  of  the  river  was 
practically  suspended,  as  far  as  freights  are  concerned,  not  from  imme- 
diate requirements,  in  all  cases,  but  from  what  seemed  eventually  to  be  an 
Inevitable  necessity.  Steamboats,  could  they  have  even  gotten  under  the 
bridges,  had  no  place  to  make  landings,  save  at  remote  points  from  the 
public  wharf.  Landings  were  practicable  at  Storrs  Station,  and,  by  dint 
of  extraordinary  enterprise,  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  Railway  established 
boat  communications  between  that  landing  and  the  city  proper  which 
was  cut  off  from  the  western  highlands  by  a great  bay,  so  that  communi- 
cation was  kept  open  between  Cincinnati  and  Aurora,  to  which  point 
both  passengers,  and  express  freights  were  shipped  by  steamer  to  take 
the  trains  on  this  railway.  One  road  after  another  succumbed,  until  there 
was  not  a railway  track  entering  Cincinnati  which  was  not  submerged, 
save  that  of  the  Toledo,  Cincinnati  and  St.  Louis  (Cincinnati  North- 
ern) Railroad,  which,  coming  in  on  the  highlands,  was  entirely  exempt 
from  liability  to  damage.  This  narrow-gauge  road,  which  is  generally 
regarded  as  diminutive  by  its  more  pretentious  brethren,  thus,  at  last, 
found  all  the  sheaves  standing  round  about  it  and  making  obeisance  to  its 
sheaf.  A somewhat,  noticeable  feature  of  the  transportation  situation 
was  the  utilization,  by  the  railroads  going  north,  of  the  Miami  Canal 
from  Cincinnati  to  the  corporation  limits.  The  activity  of  the  early 
days  of  this  antiquated  mode  of  travel  thus  found  temporary  restoration. 
It  may  be  remarked  that  the  losses  of  property  by  the  railroads  was  in- 
considerable. The  depots  were  cleared  of  merchandise  early,  and  loaded 
cars  were  promptly  removed  to  places  of  safety.  Of  course,  tracks  suf- 
fered somewhat,  but  this  was  not  serious,  so  that  the  actual  physical  losses 
to  the  railways  were  small. 

The  successive  stages  of  the  flood  and  their  respective  effects  constitute 
such  interesting  features  of  the  period  that  they  may  well  be  briefly  per- 
petuated here.  At  six  o’clock,  on  the  morning  of  the  1st  of  February, 
the  water-works  mark  showed  36  feet  4 inches  and  the  river  rapidly 
rising.  The  threatening  situation  at  the  headwaters  of  the  Ohio,  with 


186 


THE  RELIEF  COMMITTEE 


the  record  of  the  previous  year,  so  far  admonished  the  railroads  en- 
tering the  city  by  the  old  Whitewater  canal  bed,  that  they  began  to  urge 
the  prompt  removal  of  all  freight  from  their  depots.  It  was  not,  how- 
ever, until  the  4th  of  the  month  that  the  situation  became  alarming.  It 
then  became  apparent  that  there  was  great  danger  of  all  the  roads  in  the 
bottoms  being  cut  off,  and  all  cars  on  the  tracks  which  could  not  be 
unloaded  were  promptly  removed  to  places  of  safety  beyond  the  city 
limits.  On  the  5th,  the  Cincinnati,  Indianapolis,  St.  Louis  and  Chicago, 
the  Cleveland,  Columbus,  Cincinnati  and  Indianapolis,  and  the  Ohio  and 
Mississippi  railways  discontinued  receiving  freight,  and  late  in  the  day 
the  tracks  in  the  canal  bed  were  6 to  10  inches  under  water.  At  ten 
o’clock  that  night,  the  last  train  left  the  Grand  Central  Station, 
with  the  stage  of  the  river  at  54  feet  6 inches  by  the  water-works  mark. 
On  the  next  day,  the  Cincinnati,  Indianapolis,  St.  Louis  and  Chicago 
Railway  was  cut  off  at  the  tunnel  at  North  Bend,  and  freight  business 
had  to  be  abandoned,  the  road,  soon  thereafter,  for  through  passen- 
ger service,  using  the  track  of  the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton 
Railroad.  On  the  same  day,  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  Railway  was 
compelled  to  suspend  its  Cincinnati  freight  business,  because  of  inter- 
ruption at  the  Great  Miami  river,  and  thenceforward  conducted  its  pas- 
senger, express  and  mail  service  by  steamer  from  Storrs  Station  to 
Aurora,  making  connection  with  its  road  at  the  latter  place.  The 
Cleveland,  Columbus,  Cincinnati  and  Indianapolis  Railway,  shut  off 
from  the  main  part  of  the  city  on  the  6th  of  the  month,  conducted  its 
passenger  traffic  from  Eighth  Street  Station,  while  the  Cincinnati,  New 
Orleans  and  Texas  Pacific  Railway  (Cincinnati  Southern),  also  deprived 
of  the  Grand  Central  Station,  which  it  had  commenced  to  use  a few 
months  before,  received  and  discharged  its  passengers  at  McLean  Av- 
enue. At  this  time,  the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  Railroad  was 
yet  in  undisturbed  possession  of  its  passenger  and  freight  depots  on 
Fifth  and  Sixth  streets,  which  were  also  utilized  by  the  Cincinnati, 
Washington  and  Baltimore  Railroad.  Freight  traffic  was  suspended  on 
the  7th,  on  the  Pittsburgh,  Cincinnati  and  St.  Louis  and  on  the  Louis- 
ville and  Nashville  Railroads,  with  the  river  at  61  feet,  the  passenger 
service  also  succumbing  the  same  day  on  the  latter  road,  to  be  resumed 
at  the  southern  end  of  the  Cincinnati  and  Newport  bridge  a day  later, 
the  Cincinnati  and  Eastern  Railroad,  about  the  same  time,  surrendering 
both  its  freight  and  passenger  business. 

As  the  flood  rose  higher  and  still  higher,  the  railways  were  compelled 
to  resort  to  various  expedients  to  maintain  their  passenger  traffic,  which 


THE  BUSINESS  ASPECT. 


187 


was  successfully  accomplished  through  a fertility  of  resources  which  ap-‘ 
peared  never  to  find  exhaustion.  The  Pittsburgh,  Cincinnati  and  St.  Louis 
Railway  abandoned  its  passenger  station  on  the  9th  of  the  month,  when 
the  river  had  passed  a stage  of  63  feet,  and  thenceforward  conducted  its 
passenger  business  over  the  Toledo,  Cincinnati  and  St.  Louis  Railroad 
as  far  as  Norwood.  On  the  10th  of  February,  which  was  Sunday,  there 
was  no  special  change,  the  flood,  however,  still  advancing  with  ominous 
persistence.  On  the  12th,  the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton,  which 
was  the  last  of  the  great  roads  to  abandon  its  usual  methods,  was  com- 
pelled to  commence  using  (as  far  as  Norwood)  the  Cincinnati  Northern, 
while  the  Cleveland,  Columbus,  Cincinnati  and  Indianapolis  utilized  the 
canal  as  far  as  Chester  Park  after  it  was  no  longer  possible  to  use  Eighth 
Street  or  the  Stock  Yards,  the  Cincinnati  Union  Stock  Yards  having 
ceased  to  receive  further  stock  by  rail  on  the  preceding  day.  McLean 
Avenue  was  now  no  longer  available  for  the  Cincinnati  Southern  Rail- 
way, which  thenceforward,  by  boats,  received  and  delivered  its  passen- 
gers at  Eighth  Street,  where  a temporary  and  comfortable  landing  had 
been  made  from  the  northern  approaches  of  its  Ohio  river  bridge.  By 
this  time  all  freight  business,  s.ave  a limited  work  by  the  express  com- 
panies, was  suspended,  and  the  Louisville  and  Nashville  Railroad, 
having  finally  been  driven  from  its  line,  was  carrying  its  passengers  over 
the  Cincinnati  Southern  as  far  as  Lexington.  Four  of  the  great  lines, 
the  Pittsburgh,  Cincinnati  and  St.  Louis,  the  Cincinnati,  Washington  and 
Baltimore,  the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton,  and  the  New  York, 
Pennsylvania  and  Ohio,  were  taking  their  passengers  to  Norwood  over 
the  Toledo,  Cincinnati  and  St.  Louis,  the  two  last-named  utilizing  the 
Miami  Canal,  to  a convenient  point  of  intersection  with  their  respective 
lines  of  railway,  a day  or  two  later.  Thus  matters  stood,  as  far  as 
transportation  is  concerned,  until  the  subsidence  of  the  water,  which  had 
so  far  progressed,  on  the  17th  of  the  month,  as  to  allow  the  Cincinnati, 
Hamilton  and  Dayton  and  the  New  York,  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio  to 
get  back  into  their  depots,  with  65  feet  5 inches  of  water  indicated  at  the 
water  works.  The  Louisville  and  Nashville  renewed  its  business  at  the 
north  end  of  the  bridge  over  the  Ohio  the  same  day,  and  on  the  18th, 
both  this  and  the  Pittsburgh,  Cincinnati  and  St.  Louis  were  back  in  bheir 
passenger  depot.  Freight  business  was  resumed  the  same  day  by  the 
Cincinnati,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  and  the  New  York,  Pennsylvania  and 
Ohio.  The  Cincinnati,  Washington  and  Baltimore  was  again  back  in 
the  depot  of  the  former,  and  the  Cleveland,  Columbus,  Cincinnati  and 
Indianapolis,  having  abandoned  the  canal,  was  once  more  making  its 


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exchanges  at  the  Stock  Yards.  On  the  following  day,  the  Pittsburgh, 
Cincinnati  and  St.  Louis  and  the  Louisville  and  Nashville  railroads  re- 
sumed freight  traffic.  On  the  20th,  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  Kailwav 
brought  its  trains  to  Mill  Street,  and  the  Cincinnati,  Indianapolis,  St. 
Louis  and  Chicago  to  Storrs  Station.  On  the  21st,  both  of  these  roads 
were  back  in  the  Grand  Central  Station,  from  which  they  had  been 
driven  on  the  5th  of  the  month.  All  roads  were  occupying  their  old 
places  on  the  22nd,  and  railroad  business,  in  all  departments,  was  fully 
resumed.  It  thus  appears  that,  from  the  time  the  suspension  of  general 
business  began  until  it  was  restored  on  all  the  roads,  was  seventeen  days. 
With  these  are  not  enumerated  the  Kentucky  Central  and  Chesapeake 
and  Ohio  railroads,  which  do  not  enter  the  city  proper,  and  which  de- 
parted regularly  from  their  depot  in  Covington  during  the  entire  flood, 
the  latter  transferring  passengers  from  Ashland  to  Catlettsburg,  between 
which  points  there  was  such  interruption  that  the  running  of  through 
freight  trains  was  suspended  from  the  8th  to  the  18th  of  the  month,  though 
local  trains  arrived  at  and  departed  from  Covington  as  usual. 

The  effects  of  the  flood  on  the  river  business  was  much  more  serious 
than  on  that  of  the  railroads.  The  former  is  largely  dependent  on  the 
locality  immediately  traversed  by  the  river,  which,  with  traffic  sus- 
pended, its  property  more  or  less  destroyed,  and  its  powers  of  early  re- 
cuperation impaired,  did  not,  for  the  time,  make  much  of  a contribution 
to  transportation.  The  railroads,  on  the  contrary,  were  mainly  affected 
at  the  points  of  intersection  with  the  river.  The  country  through  which 
they  pass  was,  in  general,  affected,  but  indirectly,  so  that  it  only  re- 
mained for  the  floods  to  subside,  to  enable  them  at  once  to  resume  the 
performance  of  their  work,  which,  aside  from  some  accumulations  of 
freight,  was  normal.  Besides,  there  was  more  or  less  freight  diverted  to 
the  railroads  because  of  the  difficulty  during  the  flood  in  reaching  many 
of  the  river  landings.  It  must  be  remembered,  too,  that  the  losses  from  the 
flood  almost  immediately  followed  a suspension  of  navigation  from  ice — 
an  embargo  which  had  lasted  from  the  5th  to  the  31st  of  January — so 
that  business  on  the  river  had  not  fully  resumed  before  it  was  confronted 
by  dangers  and  interruptions  no  less  serious  than  it  had  endured  from 
the  cold  weather.  As  early  as  the  3rd  of  February,  boats  commenced 
laying  up  on  account  of  high  water,  and,  by  the  5th,  navigation  at  Cin- 
cinnati was  practically  suspended  because  of  the  inability  of  the  boats 
to  get  under  the  bridges,  which,  with  most  of  the  vessels,  occurs  when 
the  river  passes  a stage  of  50  to  52  feet.  On  the  latter  day,  there  were 
four  departures,  three  of  these  having  been  made  from  the  water  works, 


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and  the  fourth,  a small  boat,  which  went  down  the  river.  Between  the 
5th  and  the  20th  of  the  month,  the  only  departures  were  the  two  relief 
boats,  and  one  steamer  which  left  light  for  Pittsburgh.  All  the  boats 
remaining  at  this  port  were  compelled  to  retain  their  cargoes  on  board 
for  want  of  a place  to  unload.  Seven  boats  were  thus  kept  at  the  public 
landing,  while  a number  of  others  were  detained  above  and  below  the 
city.  Before  the  river  reached  60  feet,  every  preparation  was  made  to 
secure  all  river  property  within  the  city  limits.  From  California  to 
Sedamsville,  a distance  by  the  river  front  of  about  nine  miles,  the  banks 
along  much  of  the  distance  were  lined  with  heavy  coal  fleets,  and  to  secure 
them  against  the  strong  current  and  drift,  particularly  on  the  Ohio  side, 
was  no  small  task.  Any  accident  to  the  fleets  above,  of  course,  would 
more  or  less  endanger  the  remainder.  From  the  10th  to  16th,  all  boats 
at  the  landing  kept  up  steam  day  and  night,  and  had  on  board  a full 
working  crew,  inasmuch  as  all  fastenings  were  several  feet  under  water, 
and  no  one  could  tell  what,  at  any  moment,  might  happen.  The  situa- 
tion, for  a number  of  days,  was  critical.  The  flood,  however,  subsided, 
and  the  danger  passed  with  very  slight  damage.  It  was  indeed  remark- 
able how  nearly  exempt  shipping  was  from  injury,  a small  coal  fleet  on 
the  Covington  side  of  the  river  comprising  all  of  this  kind  of  property 
which  was  lost.  It  is  believed  that  the  actual  damage  to  river  craft  at 
this  city  would  not  exceed  $10,000.  The  Cincinnati,  Big  Sandy  and 
Pomeroy  Packet  Company  was  the  first  to  resume  business,  two  boats 
having  been  sent  out  from  the  water  works  on  the  20th  of  the  month.. 
These  were  followed  by  boats  of  the  same  and  other  lines  as  rapidly  as 
possible,  although,  because  of  insufficient  room  at  the  landing  to  meet 
the  extraordinary  demand,  business  was  not  fully  resumed  until  the  23rd 
of  the  month.  Business  was  thus  practically  su-pended  on  the  river  eight- 
een days.  Complete  restoration,  however,  did  not  immediately  ensue ; for, 
although  there  appeared  considerable  activity  following  the  subsidence 
of  the  waters,  it  was  a number  of  weeks  before  it  could  be  said  that  the 
business  of  the  river  was  as  favorable  as  usual  at  a similar  period  of  the 
year,  when  navigation  is  unimpeded.  Both  freight  and  passenger  traffic 
seemed  to  respond  slowly  to  the  return  of  normal  conditions.  This,  too, 
was  somewhat  the  case  with  the  railways,  but  by  no  means  to  the  same 
extent. 

It  is  scarcely  possible  to  disassociate  the  business  of  the  river  and  rail- 
ways from  the  general  trade  of  the  city,  because  one  is  so  largely  depend- 
ent on  the  other ; but,  so  far  as  it  is  practicable  to  consider  them  sep- 
arately, it  may  be  said  that  the  effect  of  the  flood  on  the  latter  was 


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temporary,  and  however  injurious  it  may  have  been  during  the  pros 
ence  of  the  water,  it  found  such  compensation  in  the  weeks  immedl 
ately  following,  that  there  was  soon  scarcely  a vestige  left  of  the  ei 
traordinary  visitation.  rl  he  principal  loss  to  merchandise  was  in  bimbo 
and,  directly  and  indirectly,  to  those  having  stock  at  the  distilleries.  Ti 
cattle,  having  mainly  been  promptly  removed  from  the  pens,  were  gei 
erally  saved;  but  some  were  first  removed  to  the  Stock  Yards,  and  wh^ 
the  waters  invaded  that  retreat,  were  compelled  to  seek  safely  elsewher 
so  that  there  was  necessarily  a material  shrinkage  in  weight.  Ask 
from  this,  the  actual  loss  to  merchandise  was  very  small.  In  preparir 
for  the  emergency,  nearly  every  thing  was  done  timely,  and  merchandi 
was  so  disposed,  and  future  wants  so  thoroughly  anticipated,  that  who 
the  flood  subsided  the  business  of  such  of  our  merchants  as  were  with 
the  flooded  district  was  promptly  resumed.  The  manufacturers,  mar 
of  whom  have  their  establishments  in  the  bottoms,  could  not  necessari 
fare  so  well.  Some  of  their  machinery  could  not  be  removed,  and,  nece 
sarily,  was  more  or  less  damaged,  and  there  was  a solemnity  about  tl 
silence  of  these  temporarily  deserted  workshops  which  did  not,  pei  ha* 
attach  to  any  other  of  the  active  agencies  of  the  city’s  life.  In  a she 
time,  however,  every  thing  was  moving  along  as  if  nothing  of  a serio 
nature  had  intervened.  This  is  so  pre-eminently  the  case  that  it  cons 
tutes  an  independent  and  significant  phase  of  the  flood.  Aside  from  t 
possible  diversion  of  a little  trade,  in  very  exceptional  cases,  durili 
the  actual  suspension  of  business,  which  may  not  be  immediately  i 
covered,  there  remains  very  little,  as  far  as  the  trade  is  concerned, 
mark  the  period  which  will  go  down  in  history  as  the  greatest  flu 
since  the  settlement  of  the  country.  It  is  true  that  business  in  the  fi 
half  of  the  calendar  year  of  1884  has  not  been  satisfactory,  and  t 
casual  observer  might  ascribe  much  of  this  to  the  flood,  because  it  seen: 
the  most  tangible  agent,  but  it  must  be  remembered  that  the  business! 
the  whole  country  has  shared  in  the  depression  of  the  fiscal  year  of  1883- 
and  that  Cincinnati,  among  all  the  great  cities,  has  maintained  her  pc 
tion  with  singular  ability.  The  few  failures  that  have  marked  the  pH 
ress  of  shrinkage  in  values  and  stringency  in  money,  show  how  manfu 
and  successfully  the  commercial  and  industrial  classes  of  Cincinnati  In 
resisted  the  elements  of  a stormy  period,  and  the  present  spirit,  and  ho 
and  plans  of  her  people  are  a guaranty  that  the  future  will  reveal  t 
same  progress  in  manufactures  and  trade,  the  same  growth  in  so 
wealth  which  have  characterized  the  past. 

Taken  in  its  entirety,  the  flood,  in  its  effects  on  the  business  of  ' 


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as  not  a calamity.  The  loss  in  property  was  inconsiderable,  and 
l it  is  apparent  that  successive  floods  of  such  duration  would  in 
, iamage  brick  walls,  there  is  no  reason  to  expect  that  a combination 
rcumstances  to  produce  similar  results  will  be  of  frequent  recur- 
3.  Various  plans  have  been  suggested,  looking  to  protecting  the 
against  such  visitations.  Before  the  waters  had  subsided,  the  matter 
>ived  the  attention  of  the  Cincinnati  Chamber  of  Commerce,  a com- 
j tee  to  take  under  consideration  the  whole  subject  having  been  ap- 
i iiited  on  the  15th  of  February.  But  there  is  nothing  likely  to-be  done 
a radical  nature,  involving,  as  do  the  plans,  large  outlays  of  money 
; nd  great  physical  changes  in  that  part  of  the  city  liable  to  submergence. 
This  much,  however,  is  attainable  without  entering  on  plans  which  are 
iable  to  meet  with  serious  opposition  because  of  the  great  difference  in 
public  opinion  as  to  remedies.  The  work  of  narrowing  the  channel,  by 
ising  the  river  for  dumping  grounds,  can  be  discontinued,  and  the  gen- 
eral government  can  address  itself,  with  more  assiduity  than  ever,  to  the 
removal  of  every  possible  obstruction  to  the  free  passage  of  water,  with- 
out circumscribing  the  facilities  of  commerce;  for  extraordinary  rain- 
falls are  liable  to  occur  again,  and  the  obstacles  to  the  rapid  discharge  of 
;he  tributaries  of  the  great  river  are  each  year  becoming  less,  both  con- 
ditions entering  largely  into  flood  possibilities. 

The  most  serious  aspect  of  the  situation  is  the  practical  suspension  of 
the  business  of  the  railroads  and  the  river.  Within  a year,  additional 
gas  works  will  be  completed  beyond  the  reach  of  like  floods,  and  the 
, water  question  may  be  safely  solved  when  the  city  shall  take  steps  for 
increasing  our  water  supply.  Trade  can  readily  accommodate  itself  to 
the  changed  circumstances  should  such  visitations  become  frequent. 
Houses  can  be  constructed  with  such  foundations  as  will  be  perfectly 
secure  against  any  number  of  floods.  The  first  stories  of  new  buildings 
can  be  constructed  as  safe  as  those  against  which  the  tides  daily  beat  in 
seaport  towns,  while  dealers  in  the  most  perishable  goods  can  readily 
change  location ; but  the  interruption  to  traffic  on  the  lines  of  transporta- 
tion is  a matter  of  such  import  that  it  may,  as  it  doubtless  will,  challenge 
the  most  active  and  intelligent  search  for  a suitable  remedy.  Without 
producing  radical  changes,  the  flood  of  1883  resulted  in  the  railways  for- 
tifying themselves  in  a great  degree  against  damage  from  high  water. 
Low  places  were  raised  and  weak  ones  strengthened,  so  that  in  the  recent 
flood  they  were  not  compelled  to  yield  until  the  waters  had  passed  much 
beyond  the  boundaries  which  marked  the  stoppage  of  their  trains  in  the 
previous  year.  This  work  of  fortification  will  proceed  with  the  repeti- 


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tion  of  the  floods,  while  new  roads  entering  the  eity  may  p’ace  the 
selves  beyond  the  reach  of  accident  by  selecting  the  higher  grounds  uj 
which,  after  all,  the  city  is  mainly  built;  for  it  must  be  kept  in  mind  tty 
a comparatively  small  part  of  the  area  of  the  city  was  submerged.  T. 
exciting  events  of  the  time,  narrated  to  persons  unfamiliar  with  the  topo< 
raphy  of  the  locality,  were  calculated  to  magnify  the  extent  of  the  cL. 
aster.  The  entire  submerged  district,  according  to  the  estimate  of  L.  A 
Marpe,  Esq.,  of  the  City  Engineer’s  Department,  was  approximately  4.^1 
square  miles,  in  comparison  with  24  square  miles  which  represent  tho? 
entire  area  within  the  corporate  limits,  and  of  the  former  fully  half  eoril 
prise  low  bottoms,  on  which  there  are  either  no  houses  whatever  or  very' 
fe\v  in  number.  Then,  too,  the  proposed  belt  railway,  which  in  some 
shape  must  inevitably  become  a fixed  fact,  maj’,  with  intelligent  man- 
agement, furnish  the  most  material  aid  in  the  event  of  a repetition  of 
such  a disaster. 

It  may  be  remarked  that  during  the  entire  period  there  was  very  lit- 
tle interruption  to  the  mails  on  the  lines  of  railway.  There  was  prac- 
tically no  suspension  in  the  railway  mail  service,  the  only  trouble  hav- 
ing been  found  in  unavoidable,  but  unimportant,  delays,  because  of  tho  | 
remote  points  from  the  post  office  at  which  the  mails  were  delivered  to 
and  received  from  the  railway  companies.  The  river  mail  service  during! 
the  embargo  placed  on  trade  by  reason  of  the  high  water,  was  suspended, , 
though  compensation  to  some  extent  was  found  in  the  railways,  which,  as 
far  as  possible,  were  utilized  to  river  points.  The  pas-enger,  express,  and 
mail  services  by  rail  were  alike  well  maintained,  though,  of  course,  under 
disadvantageous  circumstances,  and  in  some  respects  by  expensivej 
methods. 

Yours  very  truly, 

SIDNEY  D.  MAXWELL, 

Sup’t  Cincinnati  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Merchants'  Exchange. 


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PAGE. 


!ames  of  Officers  and  Committeemen, 3 

eport  of  the  Chairman,  5 

eport  of  the  Treasurer, - 25 

onations  of  Merchandise  and  Supplies 103 

Sup  Houses  and  Cooked  Food, 119 

7 ilitary  and  Police 121 

^he  Boat  Fleet, 125 

'agon  Transportation, 128 

teamer  “Granite  State  ” Expedition,  129 

elief  by  Railroad  to  Ironton  and  Hanging  Rock 132 

'ork  of  the  Associated  Charities, 134 

’ork  of  the  Relief  Union, 151 

elief  between  Lincoln  Park  and  Harrison  Avenue, 153 

'wenty-Fifth  Ward  Relief, 155 

hysical  History  of  the  Flood, 156 

tages  of  Water  during  the  Floods  of  1883  and  1884,  174 

'he  Flood  in  its  Relation  to  Business,  . 184 


